ISTE Standards for Educators and Students

 For the past two semesters, students and teachers have to meet virtually due to the pandemic. I was able to observe a classroom since this semester started and I realized the importance of technology and how students and teachers take advantage of it. Students are given chrome-books so that they can meet with the teacher and do the activities and I have to say that I was skeptical of this working online since students are very young to understand technology and they need more help from adults, but this class impressed me. The class was given through classroom and google slides and the majority of students had no difficulty on logging in, they all knew what they had to do and where they had to go. 

ISTE student standards observed:

• Empower Learner- Students were able to complete activities and were active during the lesson to achieve their goal. 
• Digital Citizen- Like I mentioned before, students knew exactly what they had to do in every situation, for example if they had a question they had to wait until the teacher sees them raising their hands and that's when they can unmute themselves. They cannot talk without permission because they can interrupt the class. Students also know that they are given with time to eat, and little breaks to do their necessities out of lesson time. 
• Knowledge Constructor- Students learn through the different apps.
• Creative Communicator- Students were able to choose their own characters in activities where they had fun and learned at the same time.

One thing the teacher could do to meet more of the standards is letting students to discuss with their classmates about a particular subject. The teacher can do breakout rooms for them to work together so that they can learn from each other and also for them to have a little time to talk freely. This would basically meet the seven standard; global collaborator. 

ISTE educator standards: 

• Designer- The teacher was good at delivering the lesson. He designed his lesson in a way that could be understandable for all students and accessible. 
• Facilitator- The teacher helps students learn by using technology, and models what students are supposed to do. 
• Analyst- The teacher uses technology to create summative and formative assessment to make sure students meet their goal. He communicates with students regularly to check on them. 
• Leader- The teacher gives students equitable access to learning tools so that he can meet every students' needs. He knows how technology works and navigates perfectly through the different sites. 

I believe that the teacher does a great job because he has different tools and ways of teaching, his activities are engaging and students are able to learn online. I can say he meets the majority of the standards, the only thing I would do I if I was him, was to teach students how to be a good collaborator. Students did most of their work alone and it would be better if they had the chance to work in groups.