From Tradition to Transformation: Leveraging ISTE Standards in Lesson Design

Outline

Engagement:
The session will begin with a discussion of the Digital Use Divide (the divide "that stands between those students who are asked to use technology for creation, exploration, and critical analysis and those who are not," (NETP, 2024, p. 10) and the Digital Design Divide (the divide that stands "between and within those systems that provide every educator the time and support they need to build their capacities to design learning experiences with digital tools, and those that do not” (NETP, p. 34).
The discussion will focus on the following questions:
1. What kinds of experiences do my students currently have with technology? (passive vs. active)
2. What do I, as an instructional designer and learning facilitator, need to provide transformative experiences for my students through leveraging technology?
*10 minutes, Parlay will be used to ensure that the discussion is inclusive

Content:
1. The presenter will introduce the ISTE Standards for Students:
-ISTE Student Standards are designed to empower student voice and ensure that learning is a student-driven process.
-The ISTE Students can be used as a road map to transform learning and close the Digital Use and Digital Design Divides. (5 min.)
2. The presenter will introduce the "From Tradition to Transformation" activity.
-In this activity participants will select a lesson, activity, or unit that they have traditionally used with their students. "Traditional" lessons will be provided for pre-service, new teachers, and teachers who do not have access to an existing lesson. "Traditional" lessons may include things like book reports, research projects, science experiments, ect. (5 min.)
-The presenter will introduce the ISTE Lesson Transformation Protocol. This protocol will be used to guide the participants through the transformation of their lessons. This process utilizes "guiding questions" to support teachers as they identify opportunities to transform the learning experience(s) by integrating the ISTE Student Standards and leveraging technology. (10 min.)
-Participants will be provided with digital copies of a lesson plan template, ISTE Standards for Students website with examples of the Standards/Indicators in practice, the Age Band Articulations of the ISTE Standards for Students, and exemplars of the lesson plan template. Participants will be given time to work through the ISTE Lesson Transformation Protocol (this may be done individually or with a partner; personal computers will be needed for this) and identify connections to a minimum of three ISTE indicators. Participants will describe how the ISTE indicators are applied to redesign/transform the traditional lesson. The presenter will act as a facilitator during this time. (20 min.)
-Participants will share their lesson redesigns with the whole group. (5 min.)
-Participants will reflect on the process/next steps in the "Tradition to Transformation" Padlet.

Supporting research

2024 National Technology Education Plan (US Department of Education, 2024) https://tech.ed.gov/netp/
-Describes the Digital Use Divide and The Digital Design Divide
-Provides recommendations for closing the divides including: reviewing subject area curricula to ensure student learning experiences build age-appropriate digital literacy through active technology use for learning and designing systems of support and learning for new and veteran teachers

Borthwick, A. C., Foulger, T. S., & Graziano, K. J. (2022).
Championing technology infusion in teacher preparation: A framework for supporting future educators. International Society for Technology in Education.
Jin, Y., Clausen, J. M., Elkordy, A., Greene, K., & McVey, M. (2023). Design principles for modeled experiences in technology-infused teacher preparation programs. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 23(1), 151-198.
-Frameworks That Scaffold Learning to Teach with Technology
-Modeled Experiences for Teacher Preparation
-Practice with Reflection

EPPs Digital Equity and Transformation Pledge
-Prepare teachers to thrive in digital learning environments.
-Prepare teachers to apply frameworks to accelerate transformative digital learning.