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After reading the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers as well as Students I really began thinking about what I currently do and what I need to do in my classroom as well as my school to fulfill these standards. I did not realize that there were specific standards in teaching technology for students, as well as standards that teachers must meet as well. This an "eye opening" read. Honestly, I thought that going into this field was a way to learn how to implement "really cool" things that will grab and hold my students attention as well as prepare them for future careers, yet after reading the NETS-T I realize that there is more to it than just being able to operate technoloogical equipment. Reading and really trying to understand what the standards require of me as a teacher really made me step back and take a look at how I could implement more technology USE and less technology DEMONSTRATION. There is a fear that I have in allowing my students to use the equipment that our school has because we do not have the funds to repair or replace it. This is an idea that I need to remove from my thinking because in reality after a year or two the technlogy is outdated anyway. Why not risk its possible "demise" and teach my students new skills rather than trying to preserve it only to throw it in a storage closet i a year or two. My students are hands-on and need to use technology in order to learn how and after reading the standards I realize to the exent to which I need to teach it. I intend to implement the usage of new technologies and the usage of existing technologies in my classroom on a daily basis. I will develop lessons that allow my students to learn and demonstrate their own knowledge for technologies in the classroom. I will collaborate with colleagues and classmates, take advantage of training offered within the district and attend the E-Tech conference this coming week to learn of what is out there and how others are successfully using it in their classrooms. I wil refer to the standards often in my planning to ensure that I am teaching what I need to and stretching my imagination to accomplish this.
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