National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers: Preparing Teachers to Use Technology

National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers: Preparing Teachers to Use Technologyedited

by M. G. KellyISTE, 2002

A pivotal new professional development book aimed at preparing teachers on effective uses of technology in education is now available from the International Society for Technology In Education (ISTE). National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers�Preparing Teachers to Use Technology provides a vital resource for preservice and inservice teacher training across grade levels and content areas.
According to M.G. (Peggy) Kelly, EdD, National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers�Preparing Teachers to Use Technology editor and document development director, cutbacks in education funding have created a huge demand for effective teacher training resources. "Teachers today often face classrooms of students more technologically literate than they are," she notes. "Preparing Teachers to Use Technology provides essential teacher training information about integrating technology into a classroom setting using effective teaching practices. This book provides teacher educators and staff developers the skills and information needed to prepare productive 21st century teachers." Dr. Kelly adds that the new book is also a valuable resource to help schools and universities meet new guidelines for teacher training and professional development mandated by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
This nearly 400-page book, the first to comprehensively outline models for standards-based integration of technology for teacher education, was created by consensus. Writing teams of teachers and teacher educators from around the country collaborated to develop teacher preparation standards, assessments, and conditions that facilitate the use of technology to support student learning. According to Lajeane Thomas, PhD, director of the ISTE NETS Project, "This book provides an exemplary resource for integration of technology with curriculum in teacher education programs. Teacher educators facilitate their students' effective use of technology through the NETS for Teachers, accessing peer-reviewed lesson plans, models, strategies, and demonstrations of technology infusion."
National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers�Preparing Teachers to Use Technology includes:
32 demonstration lessons covering math, science, social studies, and language arts in early childhood, elementary, middle school, and secondary programs;
8 demonstration lessons for foundations courses; and
separate chapters devoted to model strategies, assessment, student teaching/internships, first-year teaching, and staff development.
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