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.

4. 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.

5. "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

6. International Society for Technology in Education N ational E ducational T echnology S tandards P r o j e c t

12. Establishing New Learning Environments Traditional ----- Incorporating New Strategies ------New Teacher-centered instruction ----------> Student-centered learning Single sense stimulation -----------------> Multisensory stimulation Single path progression -----------------> Multipath progression Single media -------------------------------> Multimedia Isolated work ------------------------------> Collaborative work Information delivery ---------------------> Information exchange Passive learning ---------------------------> Active/exploratory/inquiry- based learning Factual/literal thinking ------------------> Critical thinking, informed decision-making Reactive response -------------------------> Proactive/planned action Isolated, artificial context -------------> Authentic, real world context Establishing New Learning Environments Traditional ----- Incorporating New Strategies ------New Teacher-centered instruction ----------> Student-centered learning Single sense stimulation -----------------> Multisensory stimulation Single path progression -----------------> Multipath progression Single media -------------------------------> Multimedia Isolated work ------------------------------> Collaborative work Information delivery ---------------------> Information exchange Passive learning ---------------------------> Active/exploratory/inquiry- based learning Factual/literal thinking ------------------> Critical thinking, informed decision-making Reactive response -------------------------> Proactive/planned action Isolated, artificial context -------------> Authentic, real world context

16. 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

18. NETS Writing Team Meeting Teachers from all over the United States came to Tempe, Arizona, to develop learning activities and multidisciplinary units addressing both content and technology standards

19. NETS For Students: Connecting Curriculum & Technology The resource includes: 1. Content-focused learning activities 2. Multidisciplinary units 3. Training Workshops 4. All subject area standards 5. Resources

20. Learning Activities • Focused on Content Area • Linked to National Content Standards • Linked to NETS Standards

21. Multidisciplinary Units • Linked to two or more sets of content standards • Organized by NETS • Includes multitude of resources

22. Phase III. Support Standards Describing those elements that support the effective use of technology in schools

27. N ational E ducational T echnology S tandards P r o j e c t Lajeane Thomas phone: 318.257.3923 fax: 318.257.4916 e-mail: lthomas@latech.edu URL: http://cnets.iste.org

28. Connecting Curriculum and Technology Now on the Web: www.iste.org or http://cnets.iste.org Thank you Apple for contributing Web expertise to develop this resource!