Interactivity #5

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 5^th 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.