Prompt #4

   The ISTE standards for students can easily be met by students' current technology use. The sixth standard of technology operations and concepts is the easiest for students to meet. This could be simply done by exposing students to a variety of different technological systems. From there, it is a matter of encouraging the students to find ways to continue using the systems as they discover ways to use them efficiently. For example, I could have students try e-mailing other students for outside classroom collaboration on a project and then on the next project have them try instant messaging (all common types of technology that students may already use from day to day). On a third project, I could allow them to chose their method of communicating. This method also allows them to work on the second standard of Communication and Collaboration.
   The fifth standard of Digital Citizenship is also an easy standard to strive for as it is applicable to all student use and can be incorporated into any lesson. For example, if my students are using programs like Second Life (where they can innovate through simulations and meet the first standard for students) we can discuss in class how just as a physical classroom has rules for smooth day-to-day operation so does a virtual classroom. In that same situation with the simulations, students are gathering information and analyzing it (the standards of Research and then Critical Thinking) which they then make discuss with each other over social media.