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All Children Must Be Ready
for a Different World

Our Educational System Must Produce
Technology Capable Kids

To live, learn, and work successfully in an increasingly complex and information-rich society, students must be able to use technology effectively. Within an effective educational setting, technology can enable students to become:

  • Capable information technology usersstudent looking up
  • Information seekers, analyzers, and evaluators
  • Problem solvers and decision makers
  • Creative and effective users of productivity tools
  • Communicators, collaborators, publishers, and producers
  • Informed, responsible, and contributing citizens

All Children Must Be
Ready for a Different World

Parents want it!
Parents want their children to graduate with skills that prepare them to either get a job in today's marketplace or advance to higher levels of education and training.

Employers want it!
Employers want to hire employees who are honest, reliable, literate, and able to reason, communicate, make decisions, and learn.

Communities want it!
Communities want schools to prepare their children to become good citizens and productive members of society in an increasingly technological and information-based world.

The nation wants it!
National leaders, the U.S. Department of Education, and other federal agencies recognize the essential role of technology in 21st century education.

AND MOST OF ALL . . . KIDS NEED IT!!!

The NETS Project can make it happen.

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