Have you noticed? Students have changed. They speak and they learn digitally. They are digital natives. Except for our very young instructors, we teachers are digital immigrants. We cannot expect our students to speak or learn as we did and do. We need to learn how to tailor our instruction to fit their needs if we expect them to be engaged learners.
Infusing technology into student learning helps create curriculum embodying rigor and relevance. The learning standards to develop such a curriculum are manifested in these three nationally accepted documents of learning standards: Framework for 21st Learning http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/RTM2006.pdf(from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills),
ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Studentshttp://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/NETS_Refresh_Forum/NETS_forr_Students_Standards_2007.pdf (ISTE)
Rigor/Relevance Framework http://www.leadered.com/rigor.html(International Center for Leadership in Education).
Use the 21st Century Learning Skills and the NETS Standards to bring the Rigor and Relevance standards into your curriculum. Your students will benefit.
