NCLB K-12 Educational Technology Standards
The committee comprised of approximately 40 k-16 instructors from
across South Dakota has meet numerous times to develop a set of
standards which reflect a cumulative effort of many different
programs.
Current
proposed strands with indicators:
Strand 1: Nature and Concepts
Indicator 1: Students understand the history and
progression of technology in relation to the development and
design of future technology.
Indicator 2: Students analyze the parts of a technological
system in terms of input, process, output, and feedback.
Indicator 3: Students analyze the relationships and the
connections between technologies in different fields of study
and how they apply to communities.
Indicator 4: Students understand the purpose and
demonstrate the use of the design process in problem solving.
Strand 2 – Social Interactions
Indicator 1: Students
understand the safe, ethical, legal, and societal issues related
to technology.
Indicator 2: Students investigate the advantages and
disadvantages of technology.
Strand 3 – Information and Communication Tools
Indicator 1: Students
recognize and demonstrate skills in operating technological
systems.
Indicator 2: Students
use technology to enhance learning, extend capability, and
promote creativity.
Indicator 3: Students
evaluate and select information tools based on the
appropriateness to specific tasks.
Strand 4 – Information and Communication Processes
Indicator 1: Students
understand the purpose of information technologies to
communicate with a variety of collaborators.
Indicator 2: Students exchange information and ideas for
an identified purpose through Information Technologies.
Strand 5 – Information Literacy and Decision Making
Indicator 1:
Students use technology to locate and acquire information.
Indicator 2:
Students determine the reliability and relevancy of information.
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