National Educational Technology Standards
NETS for Students NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD:
ISTE's National Educational Technology Standards NETS have served as a roadmap for improved teaching and learning by educators throughout the United States. The standards, used in every U.S. state and many countries, are credited with significantly influencing expectations for students and creating a target of excellence relating to technology.
In 2006, ISTE began work on the next generation of NETS for Students, which focuses more on skills and expertise and less on tools. Specifically, they address:
- Creativity and Innovation
- Communication and Collaboration
- Research and Information Fluency
- Critical thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
- Digital Citizenship
- Technology Operations and Concepts
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Leadership in technology is best illustrated by ISTE's creation of the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS), first published in 1998. ISTE is now leading the creation of the next generation of NETS. In 1998, it was enough to define what students needed to know about and be able to do with technology. Now, we're defining what students need to know and be able to do with technology to learn effectively and live productively in a rapidly changing digital world.
—Don Knezek, ISTE CEO, 2007
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NETS for Students was unveiled at NECC 2007. NETS for Teachers (NETS•T) will be released in 2008, and NETS for Administrators (NETS•A) in 2009. Visit NETS Refresh Project to learn more about the project.
The Ultimate ISTE NETS Resource Library
Today's Students Need Digital Age Skills
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What you and your students need to know to be tech savvy |
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| ISTE's full-color booklet includes the entire revised text of the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS•S). |
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- Student profiles
- Essential conditions
- Real-world scenarios
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"[A] groundbreaking paradigm for what young people should know about technology and what they should be able to do with it before graduating."
-eSchool News, March 2007
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| For order information, visit www.iste.org/NESBO2/. |
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Other NETS Publications
| ISTE is your trusted source for books and curriculum incorporating NETS. The whole NETS library is available in our bookstore. Browse these titles online and see what NETS has to offer you.
NETS Library
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More Information
For more information about topics discussed within these pages, contact:
Lynn Nolan
Senior Director, Education Leadership
International Society for Technology in Education
lnolan@iste.org
iste@iste.org
1.800.336.5191 (U.S. and Canada)
1.541.302.3777 (International)
1.541.302.3778 (fax)
Lajeane Thomas
NETS Project Director
Louisiana Tech University
lthomas@latech.edu
1.318.257.3923
1.318.257.4916 (fax)
NETS Development Team
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