Day 2: Standards and LoTi

How do educators know what to teach? How do they know what students should learn? Every state has standards and every content area has national standards. There are even standards for technology integration. Georgia is transitioning from Quality Core Curriculum Standards (QCC) to the Georgia Performance Standards. You'll want to become familiar with the state standards for your content area and grade level.

You'll also want to be familiar with the ISTE standards for technology integration -- this class, and your course projects, are based on those standards.

Once you know what content you should address in your educational software, how do you know what types of activities to include? Using the 8 Levels of Technology Implementation to quantify what is going on in a classroom is a good way to begin. You'll be referring to these levels, along with standards, in all facets of your project work.

Before Monday, print a copy of the standards for your subject area/grade level. Based on your standards, type a response to the following questions. Bring a copy of your standards and your response to these questions to class on Monday.

*Why did you chose this content area/grade level?
*In general, what is the content focus for your grade level?
*What surprised you about your standards?
*How do you remember learning about these standards when you were in a K-12 setting? What strategies did your former teachers use? What worked, what didn't?
*What specific standards for your content area/grade level lend themselves to technology integration? What is it about them that causes you to determine this?
*What specific standards for your content area/grade level do not lend themselves to technology integration? What is it about them that causes you to determine this?
*If you were actually teaching this content area/grade level what would you want your students to know and be able to do? What would be your priorities? What would you want them to remember from your class?