Blog: As a member of this Master’s program, you are helping shape the future of your school with regards to its 21st Century technology practices. Please research what your school’s educational technology mission statement is. Is there one? Is technology mentioned at all? In your blog, please write your school’s mission statement that incorporates technology and comment on it. How does their statement align with your personal practice? Does it meet the goals for your capstone? Canyon Oaks Elementary School Mission Statement: Canyon Oaks students will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to help them develop a lifetime love of learning.
Canyon Oaks Elementary School Vision Statement: All students will master grade level standards in a learning environment that supports inquiry and collaboration for students and teachers as they make meaning of knowledge. As you can see, there is no explicit statement about educational technology in the Canyon Oaks Mission and Vision Statements. However, it could be implied that grade level standards students must master includes the California Department of Education's scope and sequence of the "Recommended Digital Literacy and Technology Skills to Support the California Common Core State Standards." According to the CDE, "This scope and sequence is aligned to the Common Core State Standards requirements for Mathematics and English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects as well as skills required for the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium’s Computer Adaptive Testing." Therefore, if a teacher is unaware of those relatively new CCSS Tech Recommendations, then he/she cannot realize those skills need to be taught! Frankly, it wasn't until I attended Touro that I knew explicitly about them -- What a major AHA moment!! In order for students to master the California Common Core State Standards, they must learn to use technology; however, it is not stated that public school teachers are mandated to teach those skills. One must assume that whoever wrote the CA-CCSS believed that somehow our children in California would "naturally" learn them because they are natives of the digital age. Our school's statements do not foster an explicit need to use technology, which means my capstone could have been impeded by this lack of technology requirement. In other words, my capstone is based on the use of technology, but our school statements do not require the use of technology; so, it appears there could have been a possibility of not having my capstone tech aspect fulfilled. Nonetheless, because our District provided 19 laptops for my 32 students, I was able to use that equipment to support my capstone. Note: The Napa Valley Unified School District 21st Century Skills webpage states ALL NVUSD students will:
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