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e im"ortance of #E$S%$ &#ational Education $ec!nolo y Standards for $eac!ers' is t!at t!ey are standards t!at I need to follo( for learnin ) teac!in and leadin in t!e di ital a e. Effective teac!ers model and a""ly t!e #E$S%S *to en a e students and im"rove learnin + enric! "rofessional "ractice+ and "rovide "ositive models for students, collea ues) and t!e community-. $!erefore) .y develo"in my /no(led e in tec!nolo y) I can advance students0 learnin and creativity. As a teac!er) I can !el" students to colla.orate as a rou" to solve "ro.lems .y usin critical t!in/in ) Di ital $ools and resources. 1onse2uently) I !ave researc!ed and ta ed educational sites in su""ort of learnin and ed to "romote learnin and

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Anot!er (e.site) -Mission <eo ra"!y-) encoura es students to e5"lore t!e (orld. This is a group for anyone interested in geographic "education topics, including human and physical geography, environmental education, geo-literacy, and related topics in science and social studies. We'll discuss everything from theories to current events": https://thinkfinity.org/groups/geographic-education-interest-group. I t!in/ t!is (e.site (ill .e a (onderful tool to teac! students all a.out S"anis! s"ea/in countries.

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