William E. Dugger, Jr., DTEShelli MeadeLisa Delany

The Complete PictureSTL and AETL

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International Technology Education Association’s Technology for All Americans

Project

Funded by:

National Science Foundation (NSF)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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“With the growing importance of technology to our society, it is vital that students receive an education that emphasizes technological literacy.”

(ITEA, 2000, vii)

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“… the goal of technological literacy is to provide people with the tools to participate intelligently and thoughtfully in the world around them.”

(NAE & NRC, 2002, p. 3)

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Components that Affect Student Learning

ContentCurricula InstructionLearning EnvironmentsStudent AssessmentProfessional DevelopmentPrograms

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Content Standards for Technological Literacy:

Content for the Study of Technology (STL)

Twenty standards The Nature of Technology Technology and Society Design Abilities for a Technological World The Designed World

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Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology (STL)

“Cognitive” Standards: What students should know and understand about technology.

Basic knowledge about technology.

“Process” Standards: What students should be able to do.

The abilities students should possess.

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“The promise of the future lies not in technology alone, but in people’s ability to use, manage, and understand it.”

(ITEA, 1996, p. 3)

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STL Benchmarks

Benchmarks provide the fundamental content elements for the broadly stated standards.

The goal is to meet all of the standards through the benchmarks.

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“The task ahead is to build technology education into the curriculum…so that all students become well informed about the nature, powers, and limitations of technology.”

(AAAS, 1993, p. 42)

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CurriculaThe way content (STL) is delivered

Structure Balance

Organization Presentation

Enable all students to attain technological literacy

Designed across grade levels and disciplines

STL is NOT curricula.

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InstructionThe teaching process employed to deliver content (STL) Consistent with research on how

students learn technology Coordinated with curricula Enable all students to attain

technological literacy Incorporate educational technology Utilize student assessment

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Learning EnvironmentsFormal or informal location where learning occurs Facilitate technological literacy for all

students Support student interactions Support student abilities to question,

inquire, design, invent, and innovate Up-to-date and adaptable

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Student AssessmentThe systematic, multi-step process of collecting evidence on student learning, understanding, and abilities and using that information to inform instruction and provide feedback to the learner, thereby enhancing student learning.

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Professional DevelopmentA continuous process of lifelong learning and growth that begins early in life, continues through the undergraduate, pre-service experience, and extends through the in-service years.

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Program Everything that affects student

learning, including content, professional development, curricula, instruction, student assessment, and the learning environment implemented across grade levels.

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Putting it Together

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AETL provides the means for implementing STL in K–12 laboratory-classrooms.

AETL is based on STL.AETL contains three separate but

interrelated sets of standards. Student Assessment Professional Development Program

Advancing Excellence in Technological Literacy: Student Assessment, Professional Development, and Program Standards (AETL)

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Program PermeabilityThe vision behind the standards calls on teachers, administrators, and policymakers to perpetuate interchange between elements of the program, including content, professional development, curricula, instruction, student assessment, and the learning environment, in all areas of learning.

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Standards

Standards are written statements about what is valued that can be used for making a judgment of quality.

Standards represent a fundamental concept.

The goal is to meet all of the standards in each chapter.

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Number of Standards in AETL

AETL Sets of Standards # of Standards

Student Assessment 5

Professional Development 7

Program 5

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Student Assessment StandardsChapter 3 of AETLCriteria for use in judging the

quality of student assessment practices.

Define how assessment of technological literacy should be designed and implemented.

Primary Audience (Users of Standards): Teachers

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Student Assessment Standards

Standard A-1: Assessment of student learning will be consistent with Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology (STL).

Standard A-2: Assessment of student learning will be explicitly matched to the intended purpose.

Standard A-3: Assessment of student learning will be systematic and derived from research-based assessment principles.

Standard A-4: Assessment of student learning will reflect practical contexts consistent with the nature of technology.

Standard A-5: Assessment of student learning will incorporate data collection for accountability, professional development, and program enhancement.

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Chapter 4 of AETLCriteria for use in ensuring the

effective and continuous in-service and pre-service education of teachers.

Primary Audience: Professional Development Providers (Including Teacher Educators, Supervisors, and Administrators)

Professional Development Standards

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Professional Development Standards

Standard PD-1: Professional development will provide teachers with knowledge, abilities, and understanding consistent with Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology (STL).

Standard PD-2: Professional development will provide teachers with educational perspectives on students as learners of technology.

Standard PD-3: Professional development will prepare teachers to design and evaluate technology curricula and programs.

Standard PD-4: Professional development will prepare teachers to use instructional strategies that enhance technology teaching, student learning, and student assessment.

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Professional Development Standards (Continued)

Standard PD-5: Professional development will prepare teachers to design and manage learning environments that promote technological literacy.

Standard PD-6: Professional development will prepare teachers to be responsible for their own continued professional growth.

Standard PD-7: Professional development providers will plan, implement, and evaluate the pre-service and in-service education of teachers.

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Program StandardsChapter 5 of AETLCriteria for use in assuring that

the design and implementation of programs provides comprehensive and coordinated experiences for all students across grade levels and disciplines.

Primary Audience: Teachers and Administrators (Including Supervisors)

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Program Standards

Standard P-1: Technology program development will be consistent with Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology (STL).

Standard P-2: Technology program implementation will facilitate technological literacy for all students.

Standard P-3: Technology program evaluation will ensure and facilitate technological literacy for all students.

Standard P-4: Technology program learning environments will facilitate technological literacy for all students.

Standard P-5: Technology program management will be provided by designated personnel at the school, school district, and state/provincial/regional levels.

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Guidelines

Guidelines are specific requirements or enablers that identify what needs to be done in order to meet a standard.

ITEA does not recommend that users eliminate any guidelines; however, users may add to the guidelines to accommodate local differences.

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Number of Guidelines in AETL

AETL Sets of Standards # of Guidelines

Student Assessment 23

Professional Development 36

Program 24 30

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Guidelines of Program Standards

Two sets of guidelines.Two groups identified as primary

users of the program standards. Teachers Administrators

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Technology Program

Managed by teachers.

Everything that affects student attainment of technological literacy implemented across grade levels as a core subject of inherent value.

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Cross-Curricular Technology Program

Managed by administrators.

Everything that affects student attainment of technological literacy implemented across grade levels and disciplines.

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The Complete PictureSTL and AETL provide the vision

that all students can and should become technologically literate.

Making technological literacy a reality for all students requires a strong system of support for content, student assessment, professional development, and programs.

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“The health of the U.S. economy…will depend not only on [science, math, and engineering] professionals but also on a populace that can effectively assimilate a wide range of new tools and technologies.”

(U.S. Commission on National Security/ 21st Century, 2001, p. 39)

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Together, STL and AETL lay the foundation for

developing a technologically literate

citizenry.

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ITEA Standards Specialists

ITEA Standards Specialists are a cadre of professional educators available to conduct workshops and presentations on interpreting and implementing STL and AETL on a cost-recovery basis.

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URL: http://www.iteawww.org

E-mail: standards@itea-tfaap.org

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Thank You!