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What
are Content Standards?
The California State Board of Education has adopted core academic
content standards in four curriculum areas for kindergarten
through grade 12: English-language arts, mathematics, history-social
science, and science. The core content standards are the basis
for the subject matter frameworks, the adoption of K-8 instructional
materials, and the standards-aligned tests in California's student
performance assessment system.
For more information on the content standards, go to the
California Department of Education website, K-12 Academic Content
Standards for California Public Schools.
Go to http://www.cde.ca.gov/iasa/standards
for an overview of Standards-based reform in California, accountability,
standards, and assessment issues addressed by the California
Department of Education. Standards-based reform involves establishing
effective procedures for assessment, instructional improvement,
and accountability designed to ensure that every student achieves
to state standards. Districts use content and performance standards
for every grade level, kindergarten through grade 12, adopted
by the California State Board of Education.
What
about Integrating Technology with Content Standards?
http://www.iste.org/standards/This
site describes a set of standards that define what students
should understand and be able to accomplish with technology
in grades PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. An important message about
these standards is that they should not become separate goals
in the curriculum, but should be "developed by coordinated activities
that support learning throughout a student's education". The
intent is not to have courses on technology added to the curriculum,
but to have learning about and using technology become part
of every subject area.
Wondering
if technology really makes a difference?
The article below, from
http://www.portical.org may help you with that answer:
Teachers
Strive to Show What Adding Technology to Classrooms Can Mean
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click on title for full text)
``Too many schools are still doing it
the old way,'' said Judy Powers, manager of technology/curriculum
for the Santa Clara County Office of Education, which each summer
trains nearly 400 teachers how to develop multimedia projects
like the Antarctic research station. Locally, ``I would guess
10 to 20 percent of teachers know how to use technology effectively,
and that percentage wouldn't be far off nationwide.'' You've
got the computer -- now what?
O.K.,
Then Let's Get Specific! How Do You Integrate Technology and the
Content Standards in the Classroom?
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Literacy
Standards and the Technology Literacy Challenge Grant
TLC
Technology Integrated Lesson Plans - Teachers participating
in the Technology Literacy Challenge Grant Project have been
developing technology integrated lesson plans that are aligned
to the state curriculum standards. Unique to the lesson plans
is the inclusion of step-by-step Teacher Instructions* on
how to use the software. Working with trainers individually
in a peer coaching model, teachers have successfully implemented
the following lessons in their classrooms. We hope you will
enjoy using the lessons as much as our teachers enjoyed creating
them!
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