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Profiles of Technology-Literate Teachers

To complement its National Education in Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS.T), the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has developed profiles of technology-literate teachers. These profiles describe how much and what you future teachers should know about technology in the four phases of your training and preparation.

1. GENERAL PREPARATION PERFORMANCE PROFILE¹

According to the ISTE, you must possess the following competencies before you complete the lower-division level of your education:

• knowledge of the nature and operation of technology systems.
• ability to recognize and solve basic hardware and software problems.
• familiarity with the legal, ethical, social and cultural issues related to using technology.
• ability to use technology to develop solutions to practical, real-world problems.
• capability to use technology to gather data and analyze its usefulness to solve a particular issue.

2. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION PERFORMANCE PROFILE²

During this phase of your preparation, you must:

• be able to identify the different technology tools available in schools and how their accessibility will affect your teaching.
• know which hardware and software are effective teaching tools.
• be able to develop a lesson that incorporates the best methods in teaching and learning with technology.
• identify, analyze and evaluate the different electronic information resources used by students.
• participate in technology-based activities that promote professional development and continuous learning.

3. STUDENT TEACHING / INTERNSHIP PERFORMANCE PROFILE³

By the time you start your on-the-job training, you must be able to:

• troubleshoot software and hardware problems that occur in the classroom.
• guide students on activities that utilize technology resources to resolve real problems.
• use technology tools to collect and interpret data and present it to the students and parents.
• design teaching strategies that utilizes technology to address the special physical needs of students.
• develop evaluation strategies that analyze the competence of their students in utilizing technology.

4. FIRST-YEAR TEACHING PERFORMANCE PROFILE⁴

By the time you finish your first year of teaching, you must be able to:

• identify effective technology tools and resources present in your school and develop strategies to integrate them into your teaching.
• teach your students how to assess the validity of the information they gathered through technological means like websites and electronic encyclopedias.
• use technology resources to communicate with students and parents.
• create technology-based learning activities that develop your students' analytical and interpretative skills.
• encourage your students to use technology to interact with other students around the globe.

Though developed with future teachers in mind, practicing educators like you could still utilize these profiles to assess what your strengths are and what areas you still need to work on.

Did You Know?

The International Society of Technology in Education is a non-profit membership organization that aims to improve knowledge and learning by applying technology in education. It represents more than "85,000 worldwide leaders and potential leaders."2

Sources:
¹ ISTE, "GENERAL PREPARATION PERFORMANCE PROFILE."
http://cnets.iste.org/Teachers/t_profile-gen.html
² ISTE, " PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION PERFORMANCE PROFILE."
http://cnets.iste.org/Teachers/t_profile-pro.html
³ ISTE, "STUDENT TEACHING / INTERNSHIP PERFORMANCE PROFILE"
http://cnets.iste.org/Teachers/t_profile-stu.html
⁴ ISTE, " FIRST-YEAR TEACHING PERFORMANCE PROFILE."
http://cnets.iste.org/Teachers/t_profile-first.html