ISTE Standards

The teacher that comes to mind for me is Mr. Brooks and I had him for an sociology online class with a local community college in high school. He made a decent use of the technology we had to work with and despite the lack of technological knowledge of his students he was able to present the content efficiently. The standards I graded him lowest on were 3 and 5 because his instruction was very much teacher focused. The fact that he was teaching to high school students from a community college made him seem disconnected and he didn’t work hard to create a community environment. He was more focused on presenting the knowledge at hand.

1. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity (4 out of 5)

Mr. Brooks did a good job of advancing student learning. I could tell that he knew a lot about sociology and he was able to relate it to real world issues and issues that we were facing as high school students. His excitement about the content got us excited.  

2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessment (4 out of 5)

We had a textbook for this class as well as the online resources. He would communicate with us through video as well as through the blackboard program. We would also watch videos and movies that were relevant to the content. We had our tests online but they were given in different forms which was good for the different learners. 

3. Model digital age work and learning (2 out of 5)

He was very teacher focused with his teaching so I scored him low in this category. He did not explain the different things he was doing with technology and solely focused on the content. 

4. Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility (4 out of 5)

Mr. Brooks was very clear, from the first class, about his stance on copyrighting and plagiarism. We spent an entire class on the topic. He wanted to make sure that we understood the severity. He also stressed the importance of digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to technology. The class being sociology he was able to incorporate those things into the content. 

5. Engage in professional growth and leadership (2 out of 5)

He did not do much if any of what is involved in this standard.