District Administration - June 2007 - (Page 36)

TECHNOLOGY the indicators in the refreshed NETS, I would have to question it. If there were not a deeper point made by the scenario, I would criticize it, too. If it is part of a more comprehensive demonstration of a student’s demonstrating multimodal communications in a modern digital setting, it could work ﬁne. DA: Digital Citizenship is one of the six standards, and “Students will exercise proactive leadership for digital citizenship” is one of the substandards. Recently, politicians have used the World Wide Web to announce their presidential candidacies. They are also using Web chats, diﬀ erent social networking sites, streaming video, blogs and wikis to interact with voters. How are students to develop as “digital citizens” when many school network policies make the processes of citizenship impossible? KNEZEK: I share your concern. In fact, I would say we’ve equipped schools with the most powerful enabler to learning in decades … Web connectivity … and then created policies that take away a teacher’s ability to eﬀectively develop responsible digital citizenship in the students. Young learners need to be protected online. However, it is equally DO THE MATH My Perspective Refresh draft implies that youngsters possess great quantities of technological sophistication, but they still require “technology operations and concepts” as a standard. The NETS Refresh Web site materials include a table (see right) indicating the ways in which technology has changed since 1998. These examples are intended to support the contention that “the world has changed, and so must we.” One should assume by the tabular nature of the data in the left and right columns that they represent some relationship indicating progress. However, many of the matchups are comical. And this is the work of the premiere educational technology advocacy organization in the world? It’s important for school leaders to make informed decisions before making Cutting Edge Technologies from 1998 and Today Then Telecommunications Audio tapes Videotapes Problem-solving Now Mobile access GIS/GPS systems Instant messaging Laptops any change in curriculum, assessment or professional development. Gather as much information as you can before deciding how to respond to the new NETS and the state-level technology DA standards sure to follow. Gary S. Stager, gary@stager.org, is senior editor of District Administration and editor of The Pulse: Education’s Place for Debate (www.districtadministration.com/pulse). Old NETS 1. Basic Operations and Concepts 2. Social, Ethical, and Human Issues 3. Technology Productivity Tools Decsion-making 4. Technology Communications Tools 5. Technology Research Tools 6. Technology Problem-solving and Decision-making Tools New NETS 1. Creativity and Innovation 2. Communication and Collaboration 3. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making 4. Research and Information Retrieval 5. Digital Citizenship 6. Technology Operations and Concepts Source: ISTE 36 June 2007 District Administration http://www.districtadministration.com/pulse

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - June 2007

Contents
Editor's Letter
Letters
News Update
Security Update
Technology Update
Curriculum Update
Inside the Law
Admistrator Profile
District Profile
Refreshing the ISTE Technology Standards
Action Teams
RE-Construction
Professional Development for the New Century
Multimedia LIT
New Products
Leadership Books
Problem/Solution
Online Edge
Speaking Out
Supervisor's Opinion
Professional Opinion
Research Corner
Calendar of Events
Understanding the Times

District Administration - June 2007