Chapter 12 Review Questions

1. What is educational technology literacy?
The capability to utilize technology to improve teaching and to increase student learning; because technology is continually changing, it is essential that literacy skills be frequently updated.

2. What impact does NCLB have on educational technology standards?
Educational technology has impact on No Child Left Behind Act because by the end of eighth grade students should be technology literate. Having the students be technology literate will improve academic achievement.

3. What is certification? What role does technology literacy play in certification and licensure?
A certification all teachers must have by the state to be employed as educators. Each state has different requirements for teacher licensure and certification. These state requirement include specific technology requirements. There are courses in educational technology that are often recommend for certificate renewal.

4. What is the difference between state and national certification? How is technology literacy incorporated in each?
One difference between state and national certification is that state has specific technology requirement and national there is no direct technology requirement. In a way technology literacy is still incorporated in national certification because to obtain National Board certification teachers must use multiple methods and pathways in their approach to teaching. This is how educational technology literacy assists educators in accomplishing the level of competence to be granted their national certification. State certification has technology requirements.

5. How and for what purpose did ISTE establish NETS? What standards are currently in place?
ISTE in 1998 released a document called Technology Foundation Standards for Students which was from their its new project called National Educational Technology Standards (NETS). Its purpose was to promote school improvement in the U.S. by generating a series of national standards that could be applied to assist the use of educational technology by administrators, students, and teachers. The standards are basically that teachers and administrators should be knowledgeable users of information and technology tools common to Information Age experts.

6. How have states used NETS for furthering the advancement of educational technology?
School districts use NETS standards to direct their efforts to guarantee that their students and teachers accomplish technology literacy. With this knowledge of technology students can build on their learning, communication, and life skills.

7. What is NCATES? How have NETS standards changed college programs through NCATE adoption?
The National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education is a official body that is accrediting teacher education programs. It has adopted their own NETS standard requiring teacher education programs which include experiences to better help understand the use of technology. Colleges have changed their educational program so that they could incorporate technology classes into the college students degree so that they better understand the use of technology for academic and administrative tasks.

8. What options do preservice teachers have to achieve technology standards? How do they differ from options offered to inservice teachers?
Preservice teachers have the option to use NCATE guidelines which are required that colleges of education include courses what have to do with the use of technology for instruction, assessment, and professional productivity. Some programs have added an educational technology course and other require alternative technology focused coursework. In these courses they help the educator learn to integrate technology into lesson plans. Then there is the option of NCLB (Title II, Part D- Enhancing Education through Technology) which basically is to improve student achievement through technology.
For inservice teacher educational technology standards are generally included directly or indirectly into annual professional evaluations. Teacher’s options can either return to a college to take the required courses that have to do with educational technology or they can participate in workshops to obtain the same knowledge.

9. How do corporations provide training resources for teachers? Give examples.
There are a few ways in which corporations provide training resources for teachers. One would be online training like ADOBE, APPLE, INSPIRATION SOFTWARE, MICROSOFE, and WebCT. Another would be to get help from a media specialist which need to know almost everything about technology and the growing information.

10. What unique technology training is required for noninstructional educators? Why are they different?
Library Journal and School Library Journal is a tool for media centers and for media specialist. Who need to be very knowledgeable of technology because they are going to have to assist students with seeking information that they won’t be able to find in books. They need to be able to keep up with the latest improvements in student scholarly research.