This document discusses incorporating National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) into lessons. It provides an overview of the NETS, which focus on student learning and creativity, digital-age learning experiences, modeling digital work, collaboration, and professional growth. Examples are given of digital tools and resources that can be used to engage students, such as Google Apps, podcasts, slideshows, and storytelling tools. The benefits of incorporating 21st century skills and technology into learning are discussed.

1. Incorporating National Educational Technology Standards
(NETS) in Our Lessons
Susan Labadi
Genius School
Education
Geniusschoolonline.com
suelabadi@gmail.com
for a
Better World

2. What do we mean by NETS?

3. Objectives for Today
 Get Familiar With Tech Standards
 See Examples of What’s Out
There
 Be Inspired
 Have Fun
 Get Over Resistance
 Just Do It!
 Expect a Follow -Up

4. National Educational
Technology Standards (NETS)
 Facilitate Student Learning and Creativity
Exploring Real World Issues, Authentic Problem
Solving using Digital Tools and Resources
 Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences
and Assessments
Teachers Use Contemporary Tools to Maximize
Content Learning, Create Students as Active Participants,
and Develop Them to Pursue their Curiosities

5. National Educational
Technology Standards (NETS)
 Model Digital Age Work and Learning
Exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes as an
innovative professional in a global and digital society
 Collaborate with Students, Peers, Parents, and
Community Members Using Digital Tools and Resources
 Promote and Model Digital Citizenship/Responsibility
Teachers Understand Societal Issues and They Engage
Globally with Students and Colleagues of other Cultures

6. National Educational
Technology Standards (NETS)
 Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
Participate in Local and Global Learning
Communities for Creative Applications to
Improve Student Learning
Computers Twitter or Facebook Cameras & Video Cameras
Photo editing software Cell phones (some school districts may allow,
others may not) Printers/Scanners Clickers Tablet/ipad
Headphones Microphones Google Docs Wikis

7. Learning & The Brain
21st Century Skills
If we teach them to think and use skills, they can
tackle any content.
It is Student-centered, Problem-Based, Collaborative
It requires significant Professional Development
Assessments need to change
Planning Time is a Necessity!
Students Need This to Happen

8. Clarence Fisher (aka: glassbead)

9. Twitter-Networking

10. Google Apps…Docs

11. Podcast:
Audacity.sourceforge.net

12. Slideshare.net

13. Learning ≠ Education
FreeMind

14. Learning ≠ Education

15. Mountain Village, Colorado

16. Forbidden City, China

17. Project Explorer.org

18. IMSA-Cool Hub
•Blurs Roles of Students, Teachers, Experts
•Opens Free Inquiry
•Uses Technology as a Communicative
Platform
•Attempts to Solve Real World Problems
Coolhub.imsa.edu

19. Stellarium is a Free Open Source Planetarium
Features 3D Photorealistic Skies of the Universe!

20. Tux Paint is Open Source
www.pac.csail.mit.edu

21. Library of Congress
•Features a Wealth of Resources
•Webcasts
•Photos
•Primary Documents
•Digital Collections
•Go To www.loc.gov/homepage
•Look for “American Memory”

22. From MIT: “Create and Share Your Own
Interactive Stories, Music, and Art”
Scratch.mit.edu

23. Digital Storytelling Tools
Microsoft Photo Story
Comic Life
Animoto
Xtranormal
PowerPoint

24. Comic Creators & Resources
 Makebeliefscomix.com
 Garfield.com
 Howtoons.com
 Bitstrips.com
 Toondoo.com
 Comicbrush.com
 Zamsquest.com
 BAM.gov

25. What Kids Can Do…
 Make an Instructional Manual
 Use Games for their Screenshots
 Research Assignments
 Interviews
 Summarize an Article or Story (See
ClassicalComics.com or StickFigureHamlet.com)
 Write a Story
 Cover Current Event
 Foreign Language Practice

26. What Kids Can Do…
 Use Vocabulary Terms
 Teachers Can Use Comics as “Hooks”
 Give Life to a Poem
 Demonstrating Comprehension
 Travel in Time for History or Literature
 Teacher Designed Materials Look “Cool”

27. Teacher Resources
 Snagfilms.com—850 free films including NOVA
and National Geographic
 ReadWriteThink.org—Web Resources Gallery
 Meedan.net—Foreign Language Resource
 Dotsub.com—Foreign Language Resource
 ePals.com—Connect with Other Classes
 Swivel.com—”Wikipedia” for Data/Graphs
WolframAlpha—You’ve Got to Check it Out!

28. Can you have a Digital Substitute?
Question Explore
Assimilate
Reflect Share

29. Remember that YOU Touch the
Future; You’re a Teacher!
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