Outcomes, Competencies, Objectives and Technology Integration

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Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you are having a wonderful day today. Today we're going to be looking at the integration of outcomes, competencies, objectives, and technology. And for this lesson, I've chosen a quote by Carl Sagan which states, "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." by the end of this lesson, you will be able to develop an outcome, objective, and competency, including content and technology standards. You will also be able to determine how to measure the developed objective and competency.

Now, let's go ahead and take a look at the process of really integrating those technology standards into the content standards. So the first thing you're going to want to do is take a look at a content standard. Today, I'm going to totally model this for you.

So the content standard that I have chosen is from English language arts literacy. And that is a student in 9th or 10th grade's ability to determine a theme or central idea of a text-- analyzing, then development, and then providing those summaries of the text. It's a pretty classic English language arts content standard.

What do you do next is focus in, then, on the ISTE technology standards, and determine a standard, that is based in technology, that really aligns nicely with this content standard. Now, the technology standard that I've chosen was number two, communication and collaboration. I love to incorporate as much communication into my classes as I'd like. With a content standard this general, you probably could have used almost any of them. But I chose communication and collaboration.

I like the idea that students are using those digital elements to communicate and work collaboratively, especially when we look at the idea of theme, something that's supposed to be universal. The more we can get students talking and conversing about what they think the themes are, the more likely a student is to look at the universality, rather their own particular viewpoint. So that's why I've chosen the ISTE standard, technology standard, that I have.

Next, what you're going to want to do as you incorporate these, is model and sort of focus in on how to develop those outcomes and objectives, and all of those elements for your class. So looking at those to standards together, I've developed an outcome for the end of the unit which states that students will be able to demonstrate the ability to determine the theme or themes of To Kill a Mockingbird. That's the specific text I've chosen. And I've made this outcome specific, because it's a unit about To Kill a Mockingbird. To then analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, and to provide a summary of that text, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Now, remember that it's really important that when you are looking at learning outcomes, you want to make sure that they include both what the student should know and what the student should be able to do. And that's what I've included here. Now, this outcome, as I said, is more of a long term goal. So for me, the unit on To Kill a Mockingbird can span anywhere from three or four weeks to five or six weeks, depending on the students that I have.

Once I've done that, I'm not going to create my multiple objectives for this outcome. Objectives are what they should be able to do at the end each individual lesson or smaller unit within that larger unit. Also, it's really important that these objectives and competencies are really the measurable skills that are included within those overarching learning goals, and that competencies and objectives must be measurable. So you're going to want to make sure that you look for that as I show you what they are.

So the first objective-- and I've written these and I can statements and I can language. Because I want to be able to easily transfer them to my students. I can provide a summary of To Kill a Mockingbird. The next one, I can determine the theme of To Kill a Mockingbird and analyze its development throughout the text. I can use digital tools to collaborate with peers and communicate the theme and summary of To Kill a Mockingbird. You notice there, I've pulled in both the content standard and the technology standard into these objectives.

Now that you've finished the end of this lesson, you have been able to develop an outcome, objective, and competencies, including content and technology standards, and you've been able to determine how to measure the developed objective and competency.

Now that we've reached the end of this lesson, I would like you to think back to our lesson that you have taught, and think, how would you be able to align both the content standard, the technology standards, and then focus in on those outcomes and objectives and competencies within your own lesson?

Now it's your turn to apply what you've learned in this video. The additional resources section will be super helpful to you. This section is designed to help you discover useful ways to apply what you've learned here. And each link includes a brief description so that you can eagerly target the resources that you want.