My goal in this course is to learn more about cashing the check … finding ways to deliver on technology’s promise to education.

The ISTE NETS standards (you gotta love “national” standards from an “international” organization) are compelling:

• facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity;
• design and develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments;
• model digital-age work and learning;
• promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility; and
• engage in professional growth and leadership?

The one that speaks to me most is the first: inspiring student learning and creativity. A good way to start is by working on the following four.

I’m not a teacher. I’m currently in the software industry, and have been in education-related businesses for 15 years. In the last decade, I’ve built and launched 3 learning management systems.

My goal is focused on the second standard: to learn more about “designing and developing digital-age learning experiences” in ways that support clear, simple, and compelling pedagogical purposes.

Even if my job title is not “teacher,” teaching is a huge part of what I do, and it’s a huge part of what I facilitate. I’d love to learn how to do it better, using technology.

For the rest of the standards, I feel confident that I meet them on a high level … modeling digital age work & learning, promoting digital citizenship, and engaging in professional growth.

Improving in the second, and continuing to focus on the final three … I think that will help me to achieve the first.