ISTE

 Technology is everywhere now. Kids are capable now of passing a note to their friends in the other room and teachers not even know they’re doing it

(although I’m sure they have a hunch). We were lucky to hit the right person in the head with the origami we made with our notes. It’s an incredible tool we now have in our hands. Teachers can use this power to ensure students graduate with the skills that will make them marketable to their future employers. The ISTE is the International Society for Technology in Education. 

This organization helps teachers have standards to shoot for when planning instruction. The standards not only deal with how teachers should be using technology but also how students should be using technology. For instance, the ISTE standards state that students should be knowledge curators and use critical thinking to use technology in a way to create resources for their peers. Critical thinking is a skill actively sought after by companies and employers. Also employers seek out leaders and one of ISTE standards for teachers is to use technology to help students to become leaders. The ISTE standards are the how in using technology in your classroom. If you would like more information and what the standards are and using them for your student’s betterment visit 

https://www.iste.org/standards