As you know, I´m from Mexico and I live in Mexico, so ISTE Stardards are not very quite familiar to me. I´ve heard of them a couple of years ago as I attended an ISTE conference, read about them, and understood that teachers, administrators and students rely on their standards for technological education in the US.
I agree with all of you about the differences between v1 and v2. And what will v3 look like? Totally agree that will no longer exist because technology is our “new normal”… and this I can see it with my teenagers… they totally freak out when the internet service is out at home!! Or when the computer, iPad or whatever electronic device is out… not to mention what happened with my 15 year old last Christmas when her smartphone died!!
When this things happen, they feel like they are totally uncommunicated with the rest of the world, that they can´t continue with their things, nothing can be done, except to go to a WiFi spot and/or have a new device. I mean, for most teenagers new technology is the most important thing of their lives. So, we need to integrate digital citizenship to everyday life, also at home.
As you may know, here in Mexico we still have a loooong way to go improving education in all levels. We have two kinds of schools or education; public (which most of the students attend) and private (about ¼ of the educational population). Public schools include kindergardens as well as universities, in this blog post, I´ll refer K-9.
Many public schools work in narrow circumstances, and only a few have technology in their academic programs, or use technology as a supporting tool, some of this are using an educational program that Mexican government is implementing, Mi compu MX_
Students in fifth and sixth grade will receive laptops, including preloaded educational content developed by the Ministry of Education and other specialized public institutions of our country that seek to improve and enrich learning. According to official information, the content is of two types; multimedia resources and software.
This program seeks students to use personal computers, improve the study conditions of children, updating forms of education, strengthening groups of teachers, upgrading of public school and reducing digital and social gaps between families and communities that make up the country, but still doesn´t include as an official standard anything about Digital Citizenship, not as you know it in v1 nor v2.
In the other hand, private schools are increasing the use of technology in academic programs, many of the as an educational tool that enriches traditional learning and others also including textbooks on students mini iPads, and guess what… no Digital Citizenship standards to follow. Not even as an “extra subject” on their schedule.
So for me, the situation is a “little” different. I have no ISTE standards in my country to apply with teachers, students or administrators. But I want to. I want to establish them or work with as many schools I can, starting with the one I´m working today, developing DC programs that can be included as a part of academic programs.
Although programs are rising from the government for most public schools in Mexico and advances in the use of technology support academic programs in private schools, there is still a long way to go, bases are not yet established. Most of students, in public schools have access to technology and internet at home or even teenagers go to “cyber cafés” ... students in private schools, have mostly have access at school and home, so if technology is being used as part of everyday life, why not bring digital citizenship as part of our educational programs so we can have responsible and positive internet use? Everyday, DC is an important part of every student life, what a version 3 of ISTE standards would look like.
I agree with all of you about the differences between v1 and v2. And what will v3 look like? Totally agree that will no longer exist because technology is our “new normal”… and this I can see it with my teenagers… they totally freak out when the internet service is out at home!! Or when the computer, iPad or whatever electronic device is out… not to mention what happened with my 15 year old last Christmas when her smartphone died!!
When this things happen, they feel like they are totally uncommunicated with the rest of the world, that they can´t continue with their things, nothing can be done, except to go to a WiFi spot and/or have a new device. I mean, for most teenagers new technology is the most important thing of their lives. So, we need to integrate digital citizenship to everyday life, also at home.
As you may know, here in Mexico we still have a loooong way to go improving education in all levels. We have two kinds of schools or education; public (which most of the students attend) and private (about ¼ of the educational population). Public schools include kindergardens as well as universities, in this blog post, I´ll refer K-9.
Many public schools work in narrow circumstances, and only a few have technology in their academic programs, or use technology as a supporting tool, some of this are using an educational program that Mexican government is implementing, Mi compu MX_
Students in fifth and sixth grade will receive laptops, including preloaded educational content developed by the Ministry of Education and other specialized public institutions of our country that seek to improve and enrich learning. According to official information, the content is of two types; multimedia resources and software.
This program seeks students to use personal computers, improve the study conditions of children, updating forms of education, strengthening groups of teachers, upgrading of public school and reducing digital and social gaps between families and communities that make up the country, but still doesn´t include as an official standard anything about Digital Citizenship, not as you know it in v1 nor v2.
In the other hand, private schools are increasing the use of technology in academic programs, many of the as an educational tool that enriches traditional learning and others also including textbooks on students mini iPads, and guess what… no Digital Citizenship standards to follow. Not even as an “extra subject” on their schedule.
So for me, the situation is a “little” different. I have no ISTE standards in my country to apply with teachers, students or administrators. But I want to. I want to establish them or work with as many schools I can, starting with the one I´m working today, developing DC programs that can be included as a part of academic programs.
Although programs are rising from the government for most public schools in Mexico and advances in the use of technology support academic programs in private schools, there is still a long way to go, bases are not yet established. Most of students, in public schools have access to technology and internet at home or even teenagers go to “cyber cafés” ... students in private schools, have mostly have access at school and home, so if technology is being used as part of everyday life, why not bring digital citizenship as part of our educational programs so we can have responsible and positive internet use? Everyday, DC is an important part of every student life, what a version 3 of ISTE standards would look like.