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Some thoughts on ISTE Standards

Although many people think ISTE standards are too generic and may not be able to guide either learners' or educators' practice, they provide some very interesting insights into the use of technologies in learning. When talking about ed tech, we often have the misconception that one needs to have the extensive knowledge of those fancy gadgets. However, the instructional design of the learning experience is missing. An instruction with no fancy technology is not necessarily a bad one; while an instruction with no design is doomed to be a failure. Therefore, ISTE standards try to point out the roles that a learner/ an educator can be with the help of the technologies. The fact is, without technologies, one can still be in those roles. Ironically, I am teaching this ed tech class, but the last thing I want to talk about is how to use any specific technology. I am almost slightly against those who brag about their fancy toys. The truth is the technology will evolve. Early 20th cen...
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Welcome to EME2040 (It is no longer a simple hello world post)

Hello World! It is really the tradition from the programming to say "Hello World!" every time you are starting something new. The phrase does not have much more actual meaning other than a quick test. However, I do want to say "Hello EME2040" as it is now officially a new semester! I've read everyone's posts and I am really impressed by your experience. It is a great group with a very diverse background. We have people who focus on child education, special ed, ed systems and policies, and we have experts in history, writing, music, STEM etc... Although some of you expressed that you are not technology savvy, I have no worries because (1) the things we are going to cover in this class, I think, are not any rocket science knowledge and (2) Y'all millennials have been engaged with the online world long enough to figure things out pretty easily. As I've said in the class, probably already over ten times, technology per se is not the focus of this c...
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