NETS.T+Standard+1

National Education Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for Teachers (NETS.T) Standard 1

"1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers: a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes d. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments"

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My lesson plan on "Technology and the Civil War" meets this standard by asking students to be creative and think of how the Civil War would have been different had technology been available. Students were to think outside the box, put themselves in the role of a soldier, slave, abolitionist, soldier for the North or the South, or Abe Lincoln. In this lesson, students were asked to support their reasoning for using the technology and explain how it would have made a difference .