Post #6

The most important ISTE Standard for Teachers are 1) Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity 2)Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility.  I find that these two are the most important standards because of what kind of learning they create. Technology seems to already facilitate and inspire learning because of all of the options it allows beyond the typical paper and pencil. I'm my classroom I know I can take a concept that previously I offered two or three project options and now with added technology those project grow ten fold. 

The second standard that is important is modeling digital citizenship and responsibility. Many of us teaching now came into the digital age in our late teens and after. We were never formally taught the do and don't of being a digital citizen. The students we have now will never have a moment where they are not a digital citizen. It is important that we teach good citizenship as well as help students model for others. In my classroom, in 2nd grade, we had just begin to skim the surface of digital citizenship. Now, as I shift to 4th grade learners, my team teacher and I both feel very strongly teaching this as soon as the school year begins.