Presenters
Dr. Desiree Alexander is an award-winning, multi-degreed educator, speaker, and author. She is Founder CEO of Educator Alexander Consulting. She holds various teaching, administrative and technology certifications, including being a Google Partner. She is the author of Ready to Be an Educational Leader: Your Guide for Passing the SLLA 6990, a 2022 & 2021 Texas Computer Education Association Featured Thought Leader, 2020 International Society for Technology in Education Featured Voice, 2020 Future of Education Technology Conference Featured Presenter, 2019 Better Business Bureau Customer Commitment Award Honoree, 2017 40 Under 40 Awards Honoree among other honors. Learn more: www.educatoralexander.com.
Executive Director/Educator
Melody McAllister is a mom of five, educator, and social media support/community facilitator for SpacesEDU, Alicke Keeler Teacher Tech, and EduMatch Publishing. She is an author of the I'm Sorry Story. Her Growth Over Grades Podcast features educators who are making changes in education. She also hosts a live, weekly bookchat for educator/authors and co-hosts Thrive O'Clock, a weekly LIVE broadcast, with Educator Rachelle Dene Poth.
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.
Retired Educator and children's book author
Dr. Ilene Winokur has lived in Kuwait since 1984 and is a professional development specialist supporting teachers globally including refugee teachers. Ilene has been active in learning innovation and ESOL for over 25 years, is an expert in professional development, and is passionate about narratives related to belonging. Prior to retiring in 2019, she was a teacher and administrator at the elementary and pre-college levels. Her blog, podcast, and book focus on the importance of feeling a sense of belonging. You can connect with Ilene on Twitter @IleneWinokur and find on her website: https://www.ilenewinokur.com
Session description
Let’s move beyond discussing student voice, equity, inclusion and empowerment to actually creating a culture using technology that honors each learner. Educators new to the ISTE Standards for Students will leave this session with practical ideas of how to make their technology usage purposeful and intentional.
Purpose & objective
After this session, educators will be able to access and understand the Student ISTE Standards. They will be able to implement a minimum of one activity per standard. They will acknowledge their role as facilitator and co-designer with their students. They will choose technology with purpose and intention with our recommendations to go deeper into a fewer amount of tools rather than multiple tools and superficial use. We believe this will change the culture of the classroom and school community.
This session will be interactive as well as a discussion where educators can ask questions and share their own knowledge.
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Outline
Content and activities: We will present the ISTE Standards for Students and how those can be used to plan practical lessons, activities and assessments using technology in purposeful ways. The audience will participate in discussion of ideas of how the ISTE Standards for Students can transform the culture of their classrooms. We do not want to use technology for technology’s sake, but have technology truly be a vehicle for change.
Time: 60 Minute Session (can be modified to 90 minutes)
–5 minute: Introduction of Presenters and Topic (Importance of ISTE Standards for Students)
–45 minutes: Discussion of the 7 ISTE Standards of Students and how each of them can lead to changes in the culture of the class…for each standard they will be asked to give three real world examples of each standard so they leave with ideas for each standard
–5 minutes: Questions and Answers (we will discuss throughout)
–5 minutes: Closing and Evaluations
Process:
-Throughout the session, the audience will be participating and will be encouraged to ask questions and give input.
-A Padlet will be used as a backchannel
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Supporting research
https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-students
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6aVN_9hcQEH6D0zMdylQbDkSrV-MNOwD
https://www.iste.org/explore/ISTE-Standards-in-Action/ISTE-student-standards-promote-equity-in-education
https://www.learning.com/blog/what-is-iste-why-do-iste-standards-matter/
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jpEnGViRlS6sfFEDgblUplj-90g9Jo9jvKdkZ_Hd5jQ/present?slide=id.p
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