I always think about the answer to most "whose job is it?" type questions in education very simply: it is all of our jobs. I can make an analogy to teaching writing. The very best writing program I've seen in action was way back in my public school days in Colorado. The school district had adopted the 6-Traits of writing program. While we language arts teachers did much of the technical instruction about the 6-traits, writing posters where hung in each classroom, including the gymnasium and industrial arts (aka Shop), and teachers were expected to refer to the traits in any sort of writing instruction they gave and any sort of assessment done on writing. Furthermore, each school in the district held twice-yearly writing assessments, and the marking day included the ENTIRE school faculty--all teachers from all subjects. This whole-school involvement led to a whole school consciousness about writing. Just like a language arts teacher wouldn't let two plus two equals eighty-seven slide, math teachers would let, "The answer be eigth dog" slide.
So, I believe it is each teacher's "job" to teach tech standards to his students and to model them consistently. I think this will become particularly necessary if/when ISB goes 1-2-1! Hopefully soon!
Making Stories Into Games
5 days ago
Good analogy, David. In your model it is clear that the LA teachers took the brunt of the "technical" work with 6 Traits. Who would take on that "brunt" in the case of the information and technology standards? Is it as clear?
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