Second Life, NETS for Teachers
I tried to go to two sessions at 11am, one on the 7 habits of a successful tech director and one on developing 21st century skills in administrators (that one I can listen to as a podcast), but both were full. From now on I will get to each session sooner!
For now I am in the Second Life lounge, and I’ve successfully logged in. I am on one of the ISTE islands, and there is an interesting looking presentation on administrators using Second Life. We’ll see how it goes!
As promised, here are the just released NETS, national educational technology standards, for teachers: http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_for_Teachers_2008.htm.
It looks pretty good. One of the more interesting items: teachers must “demonstrate fluency in technology systems.” I don’t think NETS can be enforced; ISTE describes it as a roadmap. That one, while I think it is important, may be a problem for some educators. I also think “communicate relevant information and ideas … using a variety of digital-age media and formats” should have some kind of caveat about effectiveness, as in, not every piece of information is most effectively presented through a digital medium. I’m really glad to see digital citizenship and collaboration with the greater community included, as well as professional development.
What do you think?
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