Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Which of the TAIL standards do I address?

After we studied the TAIL standards, I wondered which of them I addressed and which of them I hadn't. I discussed it with Dennis and chose to address these standards in two parts. One was to matched the TAIL standards of the activities I now do in my classes. The other was to reflect on what I learned from reviewing the standards.

I found the areas I address least were in the standards for Effective Learners. Of these, I found no activity in which I presently address standards:
EL1a inquire about their learning…,
EL1c selecting information [tech] tools based on the task,
EL2a analyze to make informed decisions, and
EL2b use multiple processes and diverse prospectives.

For the other standards, I summarized that address them the following number of times:
ECC1a - 2
ECC1b - 2
ECC2a - 3
ECC2b - 4
EC1a - 4
EC1b - 1
EC1c - 4
EC2a -5+
EC2b - 1
EC2c - 1

I investigated the spirit of the IB program more thoroughly to understand how their standards might overlap these and the goals of ISB (as addressed in a previous blog). For the use of information and communication technology (taken from the 2010 version of the Environmental Systems and Societies Guide) "teachers should attempt to expose students to a variety of ICT media, resources, software and hardware,...... calculators as data collection devices (data loggers).....electronic data measuring and recording equipment...hand-held global positioning systems. Students should...utilize the wealth of data, information, and software avialalbe on teh World Wide Web. It is important .... that students are encouraged to develop the skills necessary to evaluate this data and information critically." (page 13. As I move forward to develop my project, I would like to keep this in mind.

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