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The easiest ISTE Educator standards to incorporate are the Collaborator and Analyst standards because our district has provided a foundation for analyzing data using technology, and professional learning communities allow educators to share instructional technology and resources. The most difficult ISTE Student standard to implement would be Computational Thinker because I am unsure how to initiate this process with primary students.

The Knowledge Constructor standards for students are most valuable for my first-grade students as I foster independence and encourage my students to extend their knowledge beyond the basic skills taught. My students are empowered when I release them to use technology to learn more about a subject of their interest or to help them solve a problem, such as using online dictionaries or digital pronunciation keys. However, I would like to begin incorporating the Global Collaborator standards so they can experience talking to other students and professionals beyond our classroom or school (Bouton et al., 2021). Maybe we could begin collaborating with another school to develop a community garden that corresponds to one of the reading units in our curriculum. 

Reference:

Bouton, E., Tal, S., & Asterhan, C. S. (2021). Students, social network technology and learning in higher education: Visions of collaborative knowledge construction vs. the reality of knowledge sharing. The Internet and Higher Education, 49, 100787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2020.100787