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The ISTE Standards, DEI and Me! |
Participate and share : Interactive session
Melody McAllister Victoria Thompson Dr. Ilene Winokur
Many schools use the ISTE Standards to guide their decision-making. Many teachers, however, are unaware of how to interpret the standards (especially how they relate to equity and inclusion). We will look at the ISTE Standards for educators and pair them with steps we can take to successfully implement them.
| Audience: | Principals/head teachers, Teachers, Coaches |
| Skill level: | Intermediate |
| Attendee devices: | Devices useful |
| Attendee device specification: | Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows |
| Topic: | Using the ISTE Standards |
| Grade level: | PK-12 |
| ISTE Standards: | For Educators: Learner
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The purpose of this session is to explain to educators and school leaders how the ISTE standards are more than just a vehicle for enhancing academic instruction--they can also help progress diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at your school. In this session, we will take a close look at the ISTE standards for educators and pair them with practical steps we can take to successfully implement them.
The ISTE Standards for Educators will be referred to throughout the session, particularly those that refer directly to DEI but also others that relate to creating an inclusive, safe, and diverse learning environment and culture.
The model employed in this session is an "Edtalk" lecture format, where we will be speaking to participants about the importance of this topic, the dangers of DEI blunders, concepts in educational technology that help with DEI, strategies to address DEI and the ISTE standards, and different instructional tools/resources that can address this topic in schools.
Technology intervention for this session include: Microsoft PowerPoint (for multimedia presentations), Pear Deck (for engagement during school or district-wide professional development), Buncee (for multimedia presentations), Flocabulary (for getting students engaged in learning vocabulary within activities), Wakelet (for cataloguing text and events), Microsoft OneDrive (for collaboration and document sharing), Microsoft Excel (for communication logging), and the ISTE standards.
Instructional activities and strategies employed include an lecture session and a question and answer portion at the end of the session.
Evidence of success will be measured during the session through the following ways:
-Application of conceptual understanding
-Follow-through with improving diversity, equity, and inclusion at their school sites
Welcome and introduction of all presenters will take 10 minutes. Then, each presenter will take 5 minutes each describing their personal experiences with DEI and the ISTE standards. Then, the audience and the presenters will participate in an activity where we discuss the "what next?" after the ISTE standards have been read (i.e. "what do we do now that we understand the ISTE standards?"), which will take 5 minutes. For the next 10 minutes, the presenters will review specific tools that embody DEI that can be beneficial for educators to use. For the following 20 minutes, the presenters will open up a "safe space" discussion so that the folks in the room can express any concerns or questions that they have about implementing ISTE standards or DEI initiatives at their schools.
https://www.techlearning.com/how-to/how-to-support-diversity-in-technology - How to Support Diversity in Technology
https://www.spectronics.com.au/article/inclusive-technologies-assisting-students-with-learning-difficulties-and-disabilities - Inclusive Technologies Assisting Students with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-05-10-educators-when-it-comes-to-dei-we-can-t-be-silent - Educators: When It Comes to DEI, We Can’t Be Silent
https://www.schoolworks.org/stepping-up-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/ - How to Foster a Strong DEI School Culture
https://www.iste.org/explore/classroom/new-framework-activating-equity-and-sel-classroom - A New Framework for Activating Equity and SEL in the Classroom
Melody McAllister is a mom of five, educator, and social media support/community facilitator for TeacherGoals and EduMatch Publishing. She is also an author of the I'm Sorry Story. She also hosts a live, weekly bookchat for educator/authors.
Victoria Thompson is a Education Industry Executive, K-12 at Microsoft and education technology consultant from Tacoma, WA. She is passionate about empowering teachers and students to use technology purposefully and leads professional development for technology integration in math education, decolonizing STEM curriculum, using technology to create inclusive classrooms, and project-based learning as a vehicle for equity. During her free time you can find her at Walt Disney World with her wife, Kourtney, or taking her dog, Ren, on a walk.
Ilene Winokur, Ed.D., is a professional development specialist who supports global educators, including refugee teachers. She has lived in Kuwait since 1984, and retired in June 2019 from her role as director of the foundation program unit at Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST). She also founded and managed a professional development consultancy in Kuwait. Winokur was a teacher and administrator at the early childhood, elementary levels and college levels in private institutions in Kuwait for more than 20 years. She has presented at local and regional conferences in the Middle East and internationally on topics such as Kuwaiti culture, administrators as visionary leaders, and inclusive teaching practices. Her academic interests include psychological safety, belonging, social-emotional learning, project-based learning and continuing professional development. Winokur currently mentors and supports refugee teachers and students around the world. She believes in the power of networking and leverages it to benefit marginalized populations such as the refugee leaders she supports and mentors in Kakuma, Kenya. She’s the author of Journey to Belonging: Pathways to Well-Being that follows her journey to belonging in two very different cultures and countries, the United States and Kuwait. She’s writing a new book that’s filled with lesson plans and activities to instill a sense of belonging in students and teachers. Prior to retiring, Winokur was a teacher and administrator at the elementary and pre-college levels for 25 years in Kuwait, specializing in ESL. She holds a doctorate in educational leadership from Lehigh University, an MBA from the University of Miami, Florida, and completed her ESL certification from the College of New Jersey.
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