My NETS Organizer
NETS·T standard
1a. promote, support,
and model creative
and innovative thinking
and inventiveness
Do you currently
address this
standard in
your teaching?
(Strongly, Adequately,
Somewhat, Not Effectively)
Strongly
Brief examples
of how you
currently address
the standard
Developing social
media policy for school
Meeting with
department chairs
to discuss student
push for new
technologies
Creating a student
advisory group to
weigh in on technology
growth and strategic
planning
Additional ideas
for addressing
the standard
Augmented reality
and virtual learning
environments
(not ready to make
the push yet but will
file it away for later)
Related
technology tools
Interactive whiteboards
KidPix
SMART Notebook 10
Resource links
Prezi
Delicious
Movie Maker
Audacity
Edublogs
Zoho
Ning
www.graphic.org
SMART Ideas
Inspiration
Kidspiration
Gliffy
Wordle
Ed Tech Strategic Plan
NETS
Digital Citizenship (NETS∙S)
Promote and Model
Digital Citizenship
and Responsibility (NETS∙T)
Jesuit
A Jesuit school manifests its solidarity with the poor by offering generous
amounts of financial aid based on need and by its efforts to recruit and
retain students from families of limited means.
In response to the current social teachings of the Catholic Church,
a Jesuit education makes students sensitive to areas of injustice in
modern society and encourages solidarity with the disadvantaged and
dispossessed of modern global society. They recognize the suffering and
pain that poverty, racism, sexism, and religious intolerance have caused
not only in the world at large but even in their own communities.
Those who attend Jesuit schools have the opportunity to experience
Jesus Christ in an atmosphere that respects religious difference and
promotes inter-religious dialogue.
Brebeuf Tech Goals
Skype video conferencing
More global initiatives, such as Peace Corps
Enrichment Projects and Global Education
Cooperative, introduced via Ning social
networking
Increased use of You Tube, Cable in the
Classroom, and other video outlets
Evaluation precedes the next step in
evolution. To help me assess technology’s impact on student learning, I asked
Smoot to reflect on her experiences
with technology integration. She said
there have been definite improvements
in class discussion quality and conversational maturity since she integrated
blogging into her government class. Students are more prepared and illustrate
more competencies with the material
because they reflect on readings prior
to class in their blogging exercises.
Students’ confidence in their personal
knowledge has also improved. In reflection writing after participating in
the University of Southern California’s
Annenberg Center “Redistricting
Game” ( www.redistrictinggame.org),
students reported increased confidence in conversation with friends,
peers, and others outside of class
related to the topic of redistricting in
light of the 2010 census.
When we asked students to evaluate
how technology affected their learning
experience, the comments revolved
around ease of communication in a
24/7 learning environment and prepa-
ration for their future. While one stu-
dent admitted that not all integration
activities were effective, she added
that her experiences with interactive
quizzes delivered via texting were “fun
and helpful. It was a good interactive
way that got everyone to pay atten-
tion in class.” Another student wrote,
“Wikis and blogs have aided in the
process of learning because they pro-
vide an easy platform for communica-
tion and discussion among students.”
Finally, a third student felt the online
environment had prepared him well
for college. He wrote, “I am not even
