ISTE's Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS)
- Creativity and Innovation
- Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:
- 1.a: apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
- 1.b: create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
- Communication and Collaboration
- Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students:
- 2.a: interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
- 2.b: communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
- 2.d: contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.
- Research and Information Fluency
- Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:
- 3.a: plan strategies to guide inquiry.
- 3.b: locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
- 3.c: evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
- 3.d: process data and report results.
- Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
- Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. Students:
- 4.b: plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
- 4.c: collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.
- Digital Citizenship
- Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. Students:
- 5.a: advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology.
- 5.b: exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity.
- 5.c: demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning.
- 5.d: exhibit leadership for digital citizenship.
- Technology Operations and Concepts
- Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. Students:
- 6.a: understand and use technology systems.
- 6.b: select and use applications effectively and productively.
- 6.c: troubleshoot systems and applications.