Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Wordle - what are you trying to say?

I made this first Wordle (is that the correct term?) using the most recent iste.nets-t standards.  Since I cut and pasted the standards directly into Wordle, and Wordle automatically emphasizes those that occur most often, I can see that learning is a huge focus of these standards.  Resources, digital, tools, students, technology, professional, support  and use are also words that occurred frequently.   Student shows up more than one time in this Wordle, but if you look at the next one, from the older standards, the word teacher shows up more than the word students.  Interesting. Look carefully, you probably can't find the word teacher in the first Wordle using the current standards.

In addition to the focus on the teacher, the words use, learning, resources and apply were important focal points in 2000.  I think my favorite statement from the older standards was in the first section, it stated that teachers require "introductory knowledge, skills and understanding."  The word introductory takes a lot of pressure off the teacher, despite the fact that the teachers are a huge focus of the standard.  .
We have definitely progressed from 2000 and I think it is safe to say that teachers are expected to stay as close as to the cutting edge of popular technology as possible.

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