NETS
last year, i complained that the International Society for Technology in Education’s National Educational Technology Standards were dated. that’s ISTE’s NETS to those of you who closely follow educational technology. well, apparently i wasn’t the only person who felt this way as the NETS is currently being refreshed. the NETS for students is already in draft format and feedback is being sought by March 31. that’s soon, but it’s not too late to have your voice heard. i plan on inviting my ed tech colleagues (about 6 of us at GVSU) to a meeting in a few weeks to discuss the NETS*S. fortunately, ISTE makes this easy as they’ve developed a website called the NETS REFRESH TOOLKIT. even if you can’t get a group of folks together, you owe it to yourself to grab the files in the toolkit and educate yourself on what ISTE is going to recommend for k-12 students with regard to technology. the toolkit also includes links to survey that a person can take in lieu of holding a meeting. this isn’t the time to be passive; get active and help shape the future right now.
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