iSean

so i attended the Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) conference this week. i had 2 presentations and they went just swell. but the fun for me was attending a session by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Deputy CEO Leslie Conery. she held a session for an hour and a half to discuss the new draft of the NETS for teachers. These standards are set to be released this June, but they are seeking feedback right now. much of the session was devoted to small group work to look through the proposed standards and provide constructive feedback. our little group made some suggestions for organizing the standards better and for improving some of the wording of the indicators for various standards. the ISTE bigwigs will be gathering together next week for a few days to go over all of the feedback they’ve received to develop the final version of the standards. i would love to have been in involved in that process just to have a few days to devote to these new standards, but it’s sort of late in the game to think about it a week before it happens {sigh}. i regret not forcing myself to spend more time in evaluating the draft. in any regard, i am excited about the changes to the NETS. in July of 2006 i posted about hoping to see the NETS get “refreshed” so now that it’s happening i really appreciate being able to be a part of the process even if i will miss the nitty gritty next week. i gave feedback to the developers last month when i found the draft of the NETS for teachers and then again at the session yesterday, but now that i have spent more time with the draft i am seeing other changes and recommendations i’d like to make . . . and i am running out of time. doh. if you’re interested in seeing the current draft of the NETS for teachers, you can find it on this website and you can provide feedback before the group meets next week at this website.