ACR Recommendations

The ACR was quite vague

I would suggest that the ACR states:

·        Integrates technology to enhance the learning experience of students

·        Utilizes visuals that would engage visual learners.

·        Incorporate technology that appeals to all or most to the various multiple intelligences.

·        Technology is relevant to the lesson being taught.

Key standards 2 Technology Standards for Commerce

Key standards 2

·       Collaborate and create business documents that would be used in the business environment.  Students will actually recreate the business documents with the computer and identify when it would be appropriate to use each document.

·       Utilize the internet to conduct secondary research for course work and other research assignments. The students must include various sources of information for their course work.

·       Access the internet to keep up to date on the current events in the country and internationally. Newspaper articles are available online for most reputable news papers.

·       Conduct appropriate discussions by using a various appropriate discussion sites. Collaboration and discussions can be done on line and used to document each student’s involvement and contribution.

·       Reflect on learning and progress of learning by utilizing blogs or journals.  Students can express what they have learned in their blogs and journals.

Key Technology Standards 1 from ISTE NETS

Veola Stewart

Key Technology Standards 1 from ISTE NETS

Five key standards for Administrators and administrators:

• Leadership and Vision. Educational leaders inspire a shared vision for comprehensive integration of technology and foster an environment and culture conducive to the realization of that vision.
• Learning and Teaching. Educational leaders ensure that curricular design, instructional strategies, and learning environments integrate appropriate technologies to maximize learning and teaching.
• Productivity and Professional Practice. Educational leaders apply technology to enhance their professional practice and to increase their own productivity and that of others.
• Support, Management, and Operations. Educational leaders ensure the integration of technology to support productive systems for learning and administration.
• Assessment and Evaluation. Educational leaders use technology to plan and implement comprehensive systems of effective assessment and evaluation.

Five key standards for Teachers

·       Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity

Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments.

·       Design and Develop Digital Age Learning

Experiences and Assessments

Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating

contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge,

skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS·S.

·       Model Digital Age Work and Learning

Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional

in a global and digital society.

·       Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility

Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices.

·       Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership

Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources.

Five key standards for students

·       Creativity and Innovation

Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

·       Communication and Collaboration

Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.

·       Research and Information Fluency

Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

·       Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making

Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.

·       Digital Citizenship

Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.

·       Technology Operations and Concepts

Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.

Multiple Intelligence Assessment

Multiple Intelligence Assessment

My highest multiple intelligences are: Musical, interpersonal and intrapersonal.

Activities that support multiple intelligences are listed below:

Multiple Intelligence	Learning Activity
Musical	Students can create a jingle or rap to perform to remembers specific concepts or rules.
Interpersonal	Surveys and group collaboration can be incorporated into the lesson.
Intrapersonal	Journal writing, reflections, blogs
Existential	Group project, research
Kinesthetic	Building and creating a model
Logical	Work with patterns and numbers or puzzles.
Naturalist	Observations and evaluations
Verbal	Speech, debates
Spatial	Chart creation and graphs