Comparison of the 7th Standard to EDU 590

Education 590’s Course Objectives certainly align with the Technology Standard within the Professional Standards for Michigan Teachers. The Action Research Project will provide the opportunity for us to see how implementing certain technologies in the classroom can improve student learning. It correlates well with letters E and F.


Several of the objectives and assignments that we have had match up with letter A. The importance of understanding the ethical, psychological, and other issues is paramount in education, and this course provides us with the opportunity to grapple with and ultimately understand these complex issues.

The YouTube presentation and blogs provide us with new tools that we can bring into the classroom. The challenging assignments that we have are forcing us to demonstrate our continued growth in technological us as well. This really correlates with C and D.

All of the technological ways of communicating (blogging, discussion boards, etc.) that we are using in the course (and as found in the course’s objectives) are giving us a way to use technology for the rest of my professional developmental career (B and G).

Overall, the course’s objectives have allowed me to be more in line with the State of Michigan’s Standards. Not only this, but the course’s objectives have given me more tools and insight into knowing how to better educate my students.

Works Cited

Michigan State Board of Education. (2008). Professional Standards for Michigan Teachers. Retrieved from http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/SBE_approved_PSMT_May_13_2008+coverpg_258601_7.doc.