After reading the Technology Standards in the NJCCCS, my first thought was "are schools going to start having a mandatory technology class?" Improbable but not impossible. And thinking back to my class last semester, Democratic Teaching, I remember trying to make lessons that included cross disciplinary standards. So I guess every one of the standards could be implemented in an existing classroom.
For me, being in the music program, I would utilize of the communication portion of the standards and find away to interact with music classrooms in different countries, with different types of music.
When going on job interviews and looking into schools that I would like to work at, I think it would be great to work for people that were like the ones from Chatam High School. I think it's important to be forward thinking, especially in education. (maybe even ahead of the game a bit if we want our students to be current when they graduate). If I want to try and do things in my classroom, like try and interact (live) with another class around the world, I would need to be working with people who understand that we, as educators, should be looking for better ways to do things.
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