The teacher that I surveyed was not from my content area but
she was the only teacher that I knew. When I surveyed the teacher she had no
idea what the NETS-S or NETS-T. She said that she has never heard of this area
of standards and did not even know that it existed. Her initial reaction was
that she was shocked that she has never even heard of these standards. Since she has been teaching their for five
years she has not heard anything about these standards being implemented into
the school district that she works at or even being implemented into the state.
She said however that the school that she works at has smart boards in every
class and they have added more computers so that the students learn how to use
these resources to their advantage. They use these resources to learn about jobs
that they can have in the future, learn about technology based programs and
online learning environments and cites. She teaches in an elementary school of
pre-k to 5 graders. She teaches a 5th grade class in East Brunswick
school district and has taught there for five years now. She said that the
school district committee is trying to have fund raisers to get each class at
least two ipads so that the class can have more technology resources to help
them with their future and future learning in middle school and in high school.
To be honest I was not too surprised to hear that she has not heard of these
standards because her school district already is teach these students the
standards without having the NETS-S to be enforced. Most schools now a day,
teachers are teaching students to look forward to their future and to become
more well rounded in online learning and searching for jobs. The students are
starting to learn how to do problem solving, critical thinking and using their
creativity throughout their everyday life.
As a future educator, I would definitely inform other teachers and
educators about these standards if they do not know about them. I would show
how important they are and I would get the school board involved so that all
schools in that district can learn about these standards and use throughout
their lessons that they are teaching their students. These standards are very
important and students need to have these part of their school learning. Most
teachers are already teaching their students these standards without knowing
it. Critical thinking, problem solving and creativity are always enforced
throughout ever lesson is most schools.
