ReflectionsOnStandard3

In chapter three of //ISTE's Technology Facilitation and Leadership Standards: What Every K-12 Leader Should Know and Be Able to Do//, Williamson and Redish discuss Technology Standard Three in great detail. For me to learn, I must break information down into a simple form, so broken down, Standard Three takes on the fact that todays students use new technologies on a huge scale in their every day life, and we as educators need to recognize this and use it to our advantage. So how do we implement new technologies into our curriculum? It is not an easy task, and as the textbook shows us, "...school seem to be falling short of meeting the learning needs of digital-age learners" (Williamson, 2009, p. 59). Therefore, it is up to us to remedy this problem now!

During my internship, my approach to implementing this standard really started by filling out my internship plan at the very beginning. By planning ahead in this way, I was forced to think of possiblities for each and every indicator and standard, and then just found a way to implement them. As a learner, I learn by doing. Therefore, by doing this internship, and putting this all into practice, I feel that I am very ready to take on any job put before me in this field. Personally, I have always been one to do things alone so that at the end I could show everyone what I have accomplished. What I learned from doing group projects int this program is that a much better product comes about by working with other people.

I believe that future learning is a must with this standard because as technology grows and is ever changing, we as educators must grow and change as well. The texts notes that "For technology to be effectively integrated into the curriculum - and ultimately the classroom - local school boards, administrators, teachers, and parents must know about the student technology standards in the state curricula, and school districts must fully implement them" (Williamson, 2009, p. 62). Working with other students and having discussions with class mates on the discussion board have really helped me in implementing these standards and indicators into my internship. Being able to discuss with other students what they have been able to do and share what I have done has really helped us as a group become better. Williamson and Redish write about how schools are not keeping up with technology as I quoted above, and they add that "this disparity threatens to alienate youth further an encourage the already growing student perceptions that schools are outdated and irrelevant to their interests and goals" Williamson, 2009, pg. 57). To stay ahead of the curve in any technology field, one must be a lifelong learner. But especially when it comes to education, we must always stay ahead of the curve so that our children will not only learn, but ultimately be able to be successful in our digital world.

Williamson, J., & Redish, T. (2009). //ISTE's Technology Facilitation and Leadership Standards: What Every K-12 Leader Should Know and Be Able to Do.// Washington, DC: International Society for Technology in Education.