National Education Technology Standards: NETS for Teachers. 1. Facilitate and Inspire Learning and Creativity.

b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.
What skills and competencies does this standard require?
I just need a little push in the right direction on the skills and competencies that are required for this standard PLEASE HELP ME? I need to create a analysis of these skills.

National Educational Technology Standards

http://www.iste.org/standards

This site is where I got the standards per my teacher but it does not inform me of how to implement the skills and competencies

That's not what your original question asked. Implementation of teaching these skills and competencies should be up to the teacher. Read some of the other articles your browser will bring up on the topic.

My opinions:

exploring real-world issues -- Students would need to become really competent in using Bing and Google, including scholar.google.com, as well as other means of researching, including the huge databases that college and local libraries subscribe to these days. You would need to give assignments that requires this type of high-level researching. I'll add to the bottom of this message one of the "how to search" lessons I've used with students before.

and solving authentic problems -- You'd need to include in your assignments problems or issues that can be researched and for which students need to provide solutions, backed up by their research.

using digital tools and resources -- What tools do students have? Computers? Samsung tablets or iPads? Have you arranged for a research librarian to give a how-to-research lesson, using the library's databases.

If you don't know what I mean by the huge databases, let me know.

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A LESSON I'VE GIVEN TO STUDENTS:

You may have to search and research, but once you learn some good sources and methods, you should have success. In addition to searching on the Internet, you also need to make best friends with the reference librarian(s) in your local or college library. Libraries these days subscribe to enormous research databases, and they are often usually more useful than Internet searches. Ask your librarian if you have access to EBSCOHost -- it has several databases within it, including a huge one for academic research, at least three for health sciences, one for military and government, and others.
For Internet searching:
http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/
At this webpage, you can go immediately to the search sites (first three columns across the top) -- or even better you can scroll down until you see the section called HOW TO SEARCH THE INTERNET. Those are the links to start with. You'll not only learn how to come up with good search terms, but also how to evaluate the webpages you get as results. Some will be good and others will be garbage. You need to know how to tell the difference.

My favorite way to search is to use Google's advanced search page http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en and put my search words or phrases into the first or second search box (either "all the words" or "exact phrase"). Another is to start out at http://scholar.google.com. However, there many other strategies for searching you can use, and the HOW TO SEARCH THE INTERNET section will help you best.

Learning to use Google or other search engines can save you time and help you learn to find information efficiently. Here are some websites that can teach you how:

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/searchtips.html

http://www.pandia.com/goalgetter/index.html

http://websearch.about.com/mbody.htm?once=true&COB=home&PM=112_100_T

... and one to help you judge whether a particular website's information is worth your time:

http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/evaluate.html

To analyze the skills and competencies required for facilitating and inspiring learning, engaging students in exploring real-world issues, and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources, you can break it down as follows:

1. Technological Knowledge and Skills:
- Proficiency in using digital tools and resources: Teachers need to be familiar with a variety of digital tools and resources related to the subject matter they teach. This may include software, apps, online platforms, and other technology-based resources.
- Technical troubleshooting skills: Teachers should have the ability to troubleshoot common technical issues that students may encounter while using digital tools and resources.
- Understanding of digital literacy concepts: Teachers need to understand the concepts of digital literacy, including information literacy, media literacy, and internet safety.

2. Pedagogical Knowledge and Skills:
- Integration of technology in teaching: Teachers should be able to integrate technology effectively into their instructional practices to facilitate learning and inspire creativity.
- Designing authentic learning experiences: Teachers need to design learning experiences that connect students with real-world issues and provide opportunities for problem-solving using digital tools and resources.
- Differentiated instruction: Teachers should be able to adapt their teaching approaches to meet the diverse needs of students while using digital tools and resources.
- Collaboration and communication skills: Teachers should possess strong collaboration and communication skills to effectively guide and facilitate student learning using digital tools and resources.

3. Creativity and Innovation:
- Encouraging creativity: Teachers need to foster an environment that encourages creativity and innovation in student work using digital tools and resources.
- Promoting critical thinking: Teachers should facilitate critical thinking skills by encouraging students to analyze and evaluate real-world issues and problems using digital tools and resources.
- Supporting student-centered learning: Teachers should empower students to take ownership of their learning and encourage them to explore their own interests using digital tools and resources.

By analyzing these skills and competencies, you can gain a deeper understanding of what it takes to meet the standard of facilitating and inspiring learning, engaging students in exploring real-world issues, and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.