Post #12 – Review the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers, in Section 2, Chapter 3 of Technology Applications for the Digital Classroom. Explain how well prepared you were to assume the responsibilities outlined in the ISTE standards for teachers when you started your teaching career. Discuss your efforts, since beginning your teaching career, to integrate technology (i.e., achieve some of the goals outlined in the ISTE standards for teachers) in the teaching and learning process.

I feel that I have been prepared to meet many of the goals outlined in the ISTE standards. Along with my art degree, I received a certificate in digital art called ATLAS (Applied Technology Learning and something something). I never knew the full name when I was a student either. However this required 18 credits in technology-related classes. It was more developed toward digital art though I'm sure other students went in a different direction with it. There were classes available in other subject areas that could have been chosen on from a list that could fulfill the certificate requirements. I feel that I am proficient in all computer programs that could be considered technology. However I have problems with smartboards, of which I don't have in my classroom. I feel that my knowledge shows when in the classroom because students know that, though my lecture skills might be sub-par, my knowledge of the technology and materials couldn't be better. Unfortunately other staff members know this and as a result I am asked to fix down a lot of computer issues, which I don't enjoy doing. (hopefully some of them are reading this now).. I can edit photos, create webpages from scratch, make PowerPoints with all the bells and wistles, and I'm sure a bunch of other things that I'm not thinking of right now.

In my classroom I meet many of these standards. As was stated in my previous post, creativity and innovation are a priority in my classroom. The weakest standard in my classroom would be the research aspect. Though, as funny as it is, this is because of the lack of technology. In the schools' defense, I created this lack of technology purposefully because I don't want internet on the students' computers. As I tell the students when they ask why, "It's because the internet is a big scary world and you should not explore it unsupervised."