1. National Educational Technology Standards for Students Connecting Curriculum and Technology NETS Project April 2000 Copyright © 2000, ISTE and its licensors. Freely reproducible and modifiable for nonprofit, educational use. E-mail permissions@iste.org for other uses.

2. Ready or Not... The World is Different Work is different... Tools are different... Communication is different... Information is different... Kids are different... And Learning Is Different!

3. The Standards Movement Addresses What Students Should Know from Content Subjects The use of technology as a tool for discovering and applying content knowledge in authentic contexts for: solving problems making decisions, exchanging information and communicating has not been addressed in the content standards.

4. "Knowing content" is not sufficient in itself -- rather, students must apply knowledge to: construct new understandings, solve problems make decisions develop products and communicate Technology can facilitate this type of learning

5. Standards Categories 1. Basic Operations and Concepts 2. Social, Ethical, and Human Issues 3. Technology Productivity Tools 4. Technology Communications Tools 5. Technology Research Tools 6. Technology Problem-Solving, and Decision-Making Tools

6. The Profiles define broad indicators of performance at the following grade ranges: Grades PreK–2 Grades 3–5 Grades 6–8 Grades 9–12

7. Examples and Scenarios Each set of performance indicators includes a related example or scenario describing how the performance indicators might be addressed in authentic classroom practice

8. Links http://cnets.iste.org/index.shtml http://cnets.iste.org/students/ http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/ www.glc.k12.ga.us