Table Of ContentIntroducing ISTE Learning
What Do You Want to Learn Today?
If you’re any- the NETS so that you can see how
thing like me, they work and how you can imple-
you probably ment them in your own classrooms,
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interest, and maybe even both at on surveys, and at the conference
the same time. But you end up what they were most interested in
spinning your wheels on such big learning, and we pulled that infor-
questions as: Where can I possibly mation together into a comprehen-
find the time for one more thing? sive online community where any-
And where, in the midst of the one can find the right professional
information overload that has development to meet his or her own
taken over my life, do I start? needs, interests, and schedule.
It’s a conundrum that a lot of Want to know more? Come with
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launched a new online professional ISTE Learning community: the
development (PD) program to help. Commons, Learning Labs, ISTE
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specifically to make PD both fun
and more easily accessible for busy
educators.
Yes, we know there are plenty of
other PD programs out there. LEARNING LAB
And we know that you
probably already café
have quite a few
tools in your pro-
fessional learning
network (PLN).
So what makes ISTE
Learning different?
For one thing, the NETS for stu-
dents, teachers, and administrators
are the cornerstone of everything
we do. All of our PD activities and
resources incorporate and model
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What Do You Want to Learn Today?
By April Hayman
ISTE Learning Labs ISTE U The Commons ISTE Café
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What makes ISTE’s new online
professional development program
different from everything else out there?
Here’s a hint: It’s all about the NETS.
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Welcome to
At the Commons—the gateway into ISTE Learning—
K12IMC.ORG
you will find bite-size resources meant to help you
Over 2,200
carefully increase your knowledge and skills in five minutes or less.
selected and
annotated
resources
provide you The Commons ISTE’s Education Leadership Divi-
with the tools As I said, we know that you have only sion offer insights into projects we
you need to and Resources for so much time and energy for personal are working on, our views on profes-
the K-12 community
create exciting, learning. So we want to make it as sional development, and where we
topical lesson plans and
fast and easy as possible. At the Com- see educational technology heading
curriculum. Like an Instructional
mons—the gateway into ISTE Learn- in the future. For example, in “The
Media Center in the real world,
ing—you will find bite-size resources iPad and Professional Develop-
you will find...
meant to help you increase your knowl- ment” blog post, ISTE Learning’s
• a solid foundation for
edge and skills in five minutes or less. project manager, Kelli Harrington,
supporting standards and
For example, in the two minutes it takes reflects on her active discussions
assessment practices,
you to watch “Introduction to Project- with educators who use the iPad and
• classroom projects, lessons, Based Learning,” an excerpt from one how it might be used as a tool for
units, field trips, extended of ISTE’s Technology in Practice (TIP) professional development and in the
studies, and international
webinars, you will find out the differ- classroom. These thought-provoking
databases in almost every
ence between activities and projects posts give you the chance to join in
subject and across subjects,
and get started on creating projects for the discussion directly with ISTE.
• references and projects to a student-centered classroom. The Commons is the place to start
challenge your students,
All of the learning opportuni- getting acquainted with the ISTE
• ideas & resources to integrate ties in the Commons—which range Learning community. If you’ve got
the new media tools, from full-length L&L articles and a couple of minutes, you can learn
• tips for school, family, industry, ISTE book chapters to podcasts and something new with one of our
and community partnerships, webinar excerpts—are free, immedi- quick, free multimedia chunks of
ately applicable in the classroom, and information.
• tools for planning, using and
rooted in the NETS. My favorite fea- When you’re ready to go deeper,
managing your own
ture is the NETS Flipside, where you you can head over to a Learning Lab
environment,
can see how a unit or lesson aligns to for an in-depth lesson, to the ISTE
• professional development and the NETS for Students (NETS•S) as Café to connect and learn with other
publishing opportunities.
students participate in the lesson and, ISTE members, or to ISTE U for a
on the flipside, what that same unit or facilitated online course. Unlike the
The K-12 Instructional Media
Center is chockfull of the best-of- lesson looks like to a teacher using the Commons, which is free to all, entry
breed resources for designing, NETS for Teachers (NETS•T). to these three areas is exclusive to
implementing, and refreshing Another favorite is ISTE Learn- ISTE members and costs approxi-
lesson plans and curriculum. ing’s blog, the Buzz, where staff from mately $20–$200 per activity.
Your One-Stop Resource
For Curriculum And
Professional Development.
Used as a professional development
resource by the Stanford School of
Education and the Exploratorium,
K12IMC.org is a non-profit resource,
maintained by Dr. Bonnie Tenenbaum.
Check it out today!
http://www.k12imc.org/iste
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LEARNING LAB Each Learning Lab is a private site centered on a single topic
with background information, real-world examples, and hands-
on activities, all based in the NETS.
And as ISTE Learning grows, so will using technology. The emphasis is on
the topic choices. the student experience, but you will
No matter which topic you choose also examine the purpose behind the
Learning Labs to dive into, as an ISTE Learner activity and determine how it might
The name might suggest wild-haired you will get to experience a lesson help you meet the NETS•T.
scientists, but the Learning Labs are firsthand before applying it in your Of course, you’ll also need to know
not so much about chemical explo- classroom. In the Web 2.0 Learning how to develop lessons that incorpo-
sions as they are about hands-on ex- Lab, for example, you might create rate the tools you’ve been training on.
ploration set at your own pace. Each a Vocaroo voice recording and an That’s why the Learning Labs provide
Learning Lab is a private site centered Animoto presentation to explain why real-world examples and a lesson-
on a single topic with background digital age skills are important. Dur- planning process to help you integrate
information, real-world examples, and ing these activities, you will receive what you’ve learned in your classroom
hands-on activities, all based in the hands-on practice with several Web in a way that meets the NETS. Each
NETS. Right now, we have a variety of 2.0 tools while incorporating the grade range has its own example that
topics to choose from, including Web NETS•S 1: Creativity and Innovation, details what a lesson looks like in the
2.0, project-based learning, games and demonstrating creative thinking and classroom as well as the products that
simulations, and digital citizenship. constructing your own knowledge real students have created as a result
Connect Theory to Practice
ISTE journals help you
make the connection.
◾ Stay on top of current trends and challenges
in educational technology
◾ Apply specific, research-based applications
◾ Discover a forum for sharing research and
developments Journal of Research
on Technology in
Education
Journal of Digital Learning in
www.iste.org/jrte
Teacher Education
For pricing and more information, visit
www.iste.org/jdlte
www.iste.org/publications
Formerly the Journal of Computing in
Teacher Education.
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The ISTE Café is the place
to connect and collaborate with café
professional educators from around the world.
of the lesson. You will even have the see one dedicated to your area of in- You could also opt to participate in
opportunity to “help” a teacher in a terest. To keep the activities moving a discussion at a Round Table, where
scenario by making decisions about fast, each table will have limited seat- participants can delve into answer-
what types of technology to use, ing, but there might be multiple tables ing a different broad but thought-
which NETS are being met, and ac- for a popular topic. Everything in the provoking question each month. Table
tivities that incorporate both. café is asynchronous unless otherwise mates work together on an answer to
Practice makes perfect, but even- noted. This not only lets participants the question during the month using
tually you have to take the step of work at any time from anywhere with any collaboration tool they choose,
creating your own lesson plans. Each people around the world, but also al- and at the end of that time we publish
Learning Lab guides you through lows for deeper discussion and reflec- their conclusions in the Commons so
the lesson-plan development process tion. Although the café doesn’t have educators around the world can learn
so that, at the end, you will have a official facilitators, experts and other from and respond to it.
topic-specific, NETS-based lesson educators moderate each table to keep
that you can use right away in your the conversation on track and answer ISTE U
own classroom. questions. ISTE U is the culmination of the
If you aren’t sure where to start, ISTE Learning experience. As you
ISTE Café try taking a seat at one of the Topic would find in any university, the
The ISTE Café is the place to connect Tables. Each of these follows its own learning opportunities at ISTE U are
and collaborate with professional format, which is determined by the facilitated, pedagogy-driven courses
educators from around the world. topic. The learning experiences are that can help you master a variety of
You’ll be learning while growing rich in interaction and collaboration, subjects. But here you’ll also partici-
your PLN. yet they also result in immediately us- pate in fast moving activities, ongo-
Just like you would in a real-world able products. For example, at a proj- ing communities, and opportunities
café, the first thing you should do in ect-based learning table, you might to develop, maintain, and transfer
the ISTE Café is find a place to sit. participate with other learners in digital age skills to new situations.
You might choose an existing Topic a project, allowing you to experi- The first of ISTE U’s offerings is our
Table or a Round Table, or you can ence it from the student’s perspective NETS Leadership Academy. These
even create your own table if you don’t while receiving guidance from the courses are for anyone interested in
table’s content and your the NETS and change leadership.
peers as you create Each class consists of three to five
your own project. modules that use both asynchronous
As you would find in any university, the learning
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and synchronous hands-on learning. Resources As ISTE’s instructional design-
You will graduate from the NETS ISTE Learning: http://istelearning.org er, April Hayman creates cours-
Leadership Academy with a better ISTE Online: www.isteonline.org es for online and face-to-face
professional development. Be-
The Buzz, “The iPad and Professional Develop-
understanding of what the NETS fore coming to ISTE, Hayman
ment” by Kelli Harrington, The Buzz: http://
are and why they are so important developed master’s-level courses
istelearning.org/istelearningblogs/thebuzz/
for universities and colleges
to the future of education. the-ipad-and-todays-educator
across the United States.
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