ISTE and NETS*T - Requirement Two

The second requirement is:  Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments.  These requirements (see full text below) discuss incorporating digital tools to promote learning, developing a technology rich environment, encouraging students to participate in their own educational goals, customizing lessons to fit each student’s needs, and performing a variety of assessments to inform both learning and teaching. 

                I don’t yet have any real experience designing lesson plans and assessments other than thinking of activities to do with playgroups and small groups of toddlers and preschoolers.   I think much of this will come with research, in class experience and working closely with experienced teachers during my internship.    This is an area that I will need to develop skills.  I wonder, in a time of budget cuts and layoffs, how many classrooms truly have the resources to fully incorporate digital lessons into daily classroom life. 

2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments

Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. 

Teachers:

a.        design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity
b.       develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.
c.        customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.
d.       provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.

(ISTE NETS for Teachers, http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-teachers.aspx)