Learning Opportunities
Assistive Technology Conference- TBA
Student Technology Conference– Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Student Technology Conference has been canceled.
Maker Meetup– Information Coming Soon!
K-2 Discover and Wonder– Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Student Technology Conference has been canceled.
Inspiration
Learning Upgrade: Technology in Iowa Schools– Informational video featuring stories from four Iowa school districts and how they leveraged technology to accelerate change in their classrooms.
TED Talks to Stir your Technology Curiosity
The ISTE Standards for Students Music Video
The New Digital Citizenship: Empower Proactive Digital Learners
Aligning the 4Cs with the ISTE Standards
Collaboration
ISTE Standard 7: Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.
Communication
ISTE Standard 6: Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.
Creativity
ISTE Standard 4: Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions.
- Coding in the Algebra Classroom
- Exploring Stop Frame Animation
- One World: Creating and Sharing Music
Critical Thinking
ISTE Standard 3: Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
ISTE Standard 5: Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions.
Digital Citizenship
ISTE Standard 1: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.
ISTE Standard 2: Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.