“The National Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for Students”

This article gave clear standards of what teachers are required to implement into their classroom.
Under creativity and innovation, the teacher must implement the following:
· Student applies existing knowledge to generate new ideas
· Have students create original works that promote students personal and group expression
· Use models to explore complex ideas
· Identify trends
To implement communications and collaboration, the teacher must implement
· Have students interact with each other to employ a variety of digital media
· Students communicate information effectively using a variety of types of media
· Students develop cultural awareness by engaging with other cultures
· Contribute to teams to solve problems.
To implement research and information fluency, the teacher must,
· Plan and guide inquiry
· Have students, locate, organize, evaluate and use information from various sources and media formats
· Have students evaluate and select digital media based on the type of task needed
· Have students report the results they find
To implement critical thinking skills and problem solving, the teacher must,
· Have students identify and define real life problems and significant questions
· Have students plan and manage activities to come up with a solution
· Have students use multiple processes and implement diverse perspectives
To implement digital citizenship the teacher must have students:
· Use safe and legal digital practices
· Teach students to have positive attitude toward the use of technology and support collaboration
· Teach students to have a lifelong love for learning
· Teach students to have digital citizen and leadership skills
To implement operations and concepts the teacher must have students:
· Understand and use technology
· Students must be able to select and use applications effectively
· Student must be able to troubleshoot
· Use current knowledge to learn new technology

This article brought basic concepts for teaching and incorporating technology into the classroom into a concise list of standards.

Reference:
The National Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for Students.
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