ISTE Coaching Standard 2: Teaching, Learning & Assessments Indicator 2a

Coach teachers in and model design and implementation of technology-enhanced learning experiences addressing content standards and student technology standards

ISTE Coaching Standards (2014)

Resonant Ideas: Content Standards + Student Technology Standards

Addressing Content Standards

Teacher and student performance is measured by the content standards they are required to cover and understand. Coaches need to be aware of these standards and how technology can be used to support them. 

For my ETC 6102 Community Engagement Project, I created a lesson plan for teaching 4th graders to design an electrical circuit using the MakeyMakey board and Scratch, following the Understanding by Design (UbD) framework (Makey Makey & Scratch: Getting a 4th Grader’s Attention). The first part of UbD lesson planning includes determining what the final results should be, so I started by looking at the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the Washington State K-12 Computer Science Standards for 4th grade. I knew that covering certain standards in this lesson would help any classroom teacher who taught it and would enable their students to build knowledge following an established path. 

Another project which required content standard knowledge was my EDTC 6105 Community Engagement Project (Coaching a Peer) where I worked with a 2nd grade teacher to add a virtual field trip to an established lesson on penguins. By including the field trip, we were able to cover 2nd grade Common Core ELA standards for speaking and listening that had not been addressed in the original lesson. 

Addressing Student Technology Standards

I feel like much of the work I did for this program regarding teaching, learning and assessment reflected ISTE student standards. My post Storytellers, the Original Computational Thinkers supports ISTE Student Standard 5: Computational Thinker by connecting story construction to computational thinking and using coding activities such as madlibs to deconstruct parts of speech. I also supported this standard by participating in an NCCE workshop on computational thinking and applied what I learned there while assisting in a 5th grade classroom. 

My examination of makerspaces in elementary schools (Makerspaces in Elementary: Finding the Balance) supported ISTE Student Standard 4: Innovative Designer by looking at research on best ways to design and structure maker activities for younger children.

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