The Art of Teaching

The skills and qualities needed for developing a technology-enriched learning environment involve more than just expertise in an academic field.  Moreover, whether you are a novice or experienced teacher who feels comfortable integrating technologies into your teaching process, the first place to start is the ISTE Standards for Teachers.

ISTE standards are an excellent framework for planning projects and lessons that integrate technology literacy with academic standards and critical thinking skills. Namely, ISTE standards can be seen as a useful tool for teachers to better understand their needs and goals for interacting technologies in their teaching and learning process.

Moreover,  it is an excellent way to peruse the ISTE Teacher Standards to see how you, as a teacher 'measure up.' Moreover, a better understanding of these standards will help you to understand how technology can aid you in addressing your students'  needs.

Thus, by implementing ISTE Standards for Teachers into my teaching process, I started looking at my teaching differently as well as my students' learning process.

Technology implementation in my teaching process changed not only the way what I did in the past, but also the way how I did it. Namely, it made me think about how I can transform what I teach and how I teach. I started considering what I could do to incorporate technologies in my teaching process and considering how this incorporation could transform the lesson itself.

For instance, ISTE Standards for Teachers helped me better understand my competence level for each standard. In other words, ISTE Standards helped me understand my needs and goals for implementing new technologies in my teaching process. In other words, the knowledge gained from this course helped me to engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources (Standard 1b).

Moreover, the Standards 2b: helped me to develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable the students to pursue their curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their learning, and assessing their progress.

And last but not least, the Standard 3a  helped me to demonstrate fluency in technology systems and to transfer current knowledge to new technologies and situations.