ISTE-NETS comparison project overview

1. What do the letters ISTE and NETS represent?

ITSE: stands for International Society for Technology in Education
NETS: stands for National Education Technology Standards
2. What is the role of ISTE in education?
The International Society for Technology in Education, ISTE, is a nonprofit organization
designed to guide and empower all educational stakeholders to promote all learners to use
technology creatively, collaboratively, and responsibly in todays connected world connected
learners in a connected world.
The vision of ISTE as stated by their web site: The vision of ISTE is a world where all learners
thrive, achieve and contribute. As the creator and steward of the definitive education technology
standards, ISTEs mission is to empower learners to flourish in a connected world by cultivating
a passionate professional learning community, linking educators and partners, leveraging
knowledge and expertise, advocating for strategic policies, and continually improving learning
and teaching
The role of ISTE in education is to bring standards to the usage of technology in the classroom.
There is student, teacher, coaching, and administration standards that were developed in
collaboration with the most we respected minds in the educational fields today. The standards are
there to be guidelines for all educational stakeholders, including students when using technology
in an educational setting. Essentially these standards spell out the most important dos and donts
when implementing technology.

3. Are you able to meet the standards for 12th grade students? Explain why. Visit Profiles
for 12th Grade Students.
I will be able to meet these standards in my classroom. I feel that most all of my lessons will
have some form of technology embedded into them. I will be using simulations from PhET
extensively. I will align my lessons to the state and national standards for physics as well as,
proper usage of technology in the classroom. I will be striving to climb blooms taxonomy in my
teaching by designing lessons and assignments that will allow learners to analyze, design, create,
model, and experiment with different technology resources. By doing this I will have covered all
of the standards for 12
th
grade students as defined by NETS
4. Do you feel confident in meeting the standards for teachers?
This is very similar to the previous question in that I will be designing my lessons in congruence
with the ITSE and NETS standards for technology usage in my classroom. As a teacher I will:
(This list is paraphrased from the ITSE web site)
Use my knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate
experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face
and virtual environments.

Design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments
incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context
and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the student standards

Exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative
professional in a global and digital society.

Understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital
culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices.

Continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit
leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating
the effective use of digital tools and resources.

If I am able to follow these guidelines then will meet all of the ITSE teacher standards.

5. Put links in the diagram to at least three lessons that support the standards for students.
List the links and explain why they do support them.
I have made hyperlinks embedded into the powerpoint slide of my Ven diagram for each
of the four following websites. These links are hyperlinked to the common attributes for
both student and teacher standards. (each word, or phrase in the middle section of the
Ven diagram, if these hyperlink does not work the URL is listed with each description
and can be used as typed in any web browser)
iEARN: http://www.iearn.org/about This is a non-profit organization that connects
classrooms and youth originations worldwide to empower students to collaborate on
projects and learning assignments using the internet and other new communications
technologies. This would cover student standards 2, 4, 5, 6.

Science Joy Wagon: http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/ This is an extensive list of
lessons and teacher aids to help in the instruction of high school physics and chemistry. It
is designed to be used by students directly, or by teachers as they present difficult
concepts to their students. Science Joy Wagon specializes in making content clear by
using animations and graphics that just can't exist on the page of a book. They are not
meant to replace a good textbook or replace a course, it is meant to support either one. It
picks up where the limitations of paper leave off. This would cover student standards 1, 4,
6.

Kahn Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics This is an extensive
library of video lectures that can be used in a reverse classroom setting, students
needing extra contact time with an instructor, or students that cannot be at the brick and
mortar classroom due to whatever reason, (illness, disability, suspension, etc). This site
offers incentives and tracks the students progress for the instructor to view. Although
these are mainly lectures, there are end of unit assessments that can be utilized by the
teacher. This would cover student standards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

The Physics Classroom: http://www.physicsclassroom.com/ This is a gem of a site for
students and teachers. I would not be far off by saying that this site could ALMOST
replace me as a teacher. This site has everything. Simulations, tests, quizzes, interactive
virtual labs, standardized test prep, and teacher resources all designed to facilitate the
instruction of physics. These is a section for teachers that has a question bank, and a
science reasoning center that includes teacher-friendly and classroom-ready resources for
culturing your students' science reasoning skills. It does have some cost associated with it
but it is minimal and well worth it. The only drawback I see is that it does not explicitly
categorize lessons, labs, or anything into state or national standards alignment. This is a
site that I will be frequenting on a daily basis in my planning for my lessons as a teacher.
This would cover student standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.