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ISTE NETS for Teachers

The ISTE Standards for teachers website describes the standards a teacher must achieve while educating their students. The standards include: 1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity 2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assesments 3.Model Digital-Age Work and Learning 4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsiblity 5.Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership.

These five standards should be met by every educator. Following these standards will ultimetly result in a succesful teaching career and will provide a better outcome for both students and the educator.

NETS for Students

The ISTE standards for Students website describes the standards and goals a student must achieve while gaining their education. The standards include: 1. Creativity and Innovation 2. Communication and Collaboration 3. Research and Information Fluency 4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making 5. Digital Citizenship 6. Technology Operations and Concepts

These six standards provide clear goals a student should be meeting through their years in school. Achieving these goals will provide long term success for these students.

Content standards of ODE

The Ohio Depeartment of Education provides various sections of information for families, educators, and administrators. Educators mainly use this site to apply for their licensure, search for teaching jobs in the state of Ohio, know their academic content standards, and provide evalutations of educators across Ohio. Families may use the ODE site to gain knowledge on grade level testing, choosing an appropriate school for their child, how to help a child who has special needs learn, to see state and local school's report cards, and to gain information on acquiring a GED. Administrators may use the ODE website to gain knowledge of value added test scores of numberous schools, area report cards, payment details, to obtain records in the Educational directory, and ARRA updates.