[DD] - NETS Standards

NETS Standards - International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

The International Society for Technology in Education’s NETS Standards states: “Simply being able to use technology is no longer enough. Today's students need to be able to use technology to analyze, learn, and explore. Digital age skills are vital for preparing students to work, live, and contribute to the social and civic fabric of their communities.”

This is extremely true, with virtually all jobs now requiring technology skills, all students need to leave school with certain technological skills in order to be successful.

Standard 1: Creativity and Innovation

Students learn these skills, such as generating ideas using existing knowledge and creative thinking, through the use of Web 2.0 sites and other technology schools for educational purposes.

Standard 2: Communication and Collaboration

Students learn how to communicate and collaborate using technology through the use of social networking sites and Google Docs and other document sharing and editing platforms.  These sites allow them to interact, collaborate, and publish items with their peers even when they are not in the classroom and working at home.

Standard 3: Research and Information Fluency

Students learn how to conduct research safely and efficiently online as well as organize their data and sources through organizational tools like bookmarking.

Standard 4: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making

Students learn how to identify problems as well as investigate them, plan and manage projects/activities, and use data and research to create multiple solutions when they are allowed to use technological and internet based tools to work on classwork and projects both individually and in a group.

Standard 5: Digital Citizenship

Students learn how to practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology when technology is used and taught in the classroom.

Standard 6: Technology Operations and Concepts

Students need to understand and be able to use technology tools, choose proper applications for specific tasks, as well as troubleshoot problems regarding technology.  If these tools are used in classes, students will begin to learn these skills.

It is obvious, by looking at these standards, that these skills are imperative in order to be successful in school as well as after formal education.  From reading the articles previously explained in the blog posts, it is clear to see that if students do not have access to technology and internet based tools either at home or in school, they will be lacking these necessary skills.  If teachers begin to work these skills into their lessons, students will be able to acquire and develop these important skills.