ISTE Standards Self-Evaluation

I graduated from Emporia State with what I thought was a really strong foundation of knowledge in technology. I've been in the teaching field for three years now, and after reviewing the ISTE Standards, I think I've fallen behind already. I do have some areas of strength. I use technology to communicate with parents and teachers and I use the Internet as a resource for my teaching constantly. I use my computer for lesson planning, word documents, Powerschool, and even Excel. I bring my students to the computer lab twice a week. Sometimes they have free time, other times I direct them to an educational website for a specified activity. I think what my classroom lacks in the area of technology is focus. When I'm planning my lessons, I don't reflect on my use of technology. I feel like I need to be more broad and adventurous when deciding how to present information to my students and not be limited by my own insecurities. I would also really like to give my students more opportunities to use technology to show growth and learning. I would like to find new ways to assess my student's understanding using projects with a wide variety of technology. Finally, cyberethics needs to be brought up to my students. They are only in third grade, but many of them spend ours on the computer unsupervised at home, so I need to take it upon myself to educate them in that area.