Take a look at the current 3-5 Michigan Educational Technology Standards:
http://www.techplan.org/METS2005Checklist.doc
There are 38 standards listing in the 3-5 Michigan Technology Standards. Obviously, we cannot spend equal time covering all 38 standards. Also, some standards are probably seen as more important than others to you. I have heard the argument that everything on this list is a standard, so it has to be taught. I want to focus this discussion on a more narrow thought.
Let's debate the 2-3 standards that you feel are the most important to teach to your students. Which 2-3 standards should we spend the most time teaching? Try to address the following points (please add any other thoughts you might have too):
- Which 2-3 standards will be most important to the student as they continue in education, as a lifelong learner, and as they become an adult?
- parents might want to see some standards covered more than others, but this is our chance, as a highly qualified educator, to show what standards we think need to be taught often
- Some standards might be on the verge of being "phased out", as new technologies are introduced
Dr. Amy Tracy Wells article: http://www.msu.edu/~wellsat/writings/Wells_&_Chen_2007.pdf
