21st Century Information Fluency

National Standards

An important element in education is the identification of learning standards met through the use of particular web sites and engaged learning activities. Choose several of the following articles to read. Explore these Standards Sites for applicable standards you can include in your Lesson Plans.

Information Power The Nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning in Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning, [Website]. : 1998 [cited 17 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.ala.org/aasl/ip_nine.html>.

National Educational Technology Standards for Students in ISTE NETS Project, [Website]. : 2002 [cited 2003 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://cnets.iste.org/students/index.shtml>.

The National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS) project is an International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Milken Exchange on Education Technology, and Apple Computer, Inc. This site offers Pre K-12 technology standards and profiles for technology-literate students: performance indicators, curriculum examples, and scenarios.

National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers in Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology Project, [Website]. : 2002 [cited 2003 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/>.

The National Educational Technology Standards for Teacher (NETS) project is an International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology Project, This site offers Pre Teacher technology standards and profiles for technology-literate teachers, performance indicators, curriculum examples, and scenarios.

Standards in McREL Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning, [Website]. Colorado: n.d. [cited 17 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/>.

The Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning organization (McREL) has received national and international recognition for its work in standards-based education. The mcrel.org web site offers extensive standards in all subject areas, research articles on standards-based education, and classroom resources such as lesson plans and activities thus spanning K-20 education programs.

TSSA Technology Standards for School Administrators in Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology Project, [Website]. :2001 [cited 2003 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://cnets.iste.org/tssa/>.

State Standards

The Illinois Learning Standards [Website]. Illinois: 10 January 2003 [cited 17 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/>.

The Illinois State Board of Education maintains an extensive background on the development and integration of its standards and benchmarks. Each content area contains a technology goal.

Local Standards

Chicago Academic Standards in Chicago Board of Education, [Website]. Illinois: 2000 [cited 17 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Standards/CAS/cas.html>.

The Chicago Public School 's Chicago Academic Standards (CAS) and Curriculum Framework Statements (CFS) provide the scope and sequence for student learning in the four core subject areas: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Science. Technological applications can be found in the science section.

IMSA Learning Standards in Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, [Website]. Illinois: 2002 [cited 17 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.imsa.edu/team/tls/standards/standardso.html>.

The IMSA Standards of Significant Learning (SSL's) communicate Academy expectations for all graduates. SSLs articulate valued habits of mind which contribute to integrative ways of knowing. We expect these ways of knowing to broaden and deepen over time as students experience IMSA's innovative and rigorous academic and residential program. The SSLs are interconnected and synergetic, emerging within and connecting across all learning areas, extending Academy learning expectations beyond specific course outcomes. SSLs exemplify the metaphor for learning as a journey, not a destination.

Articles About Standards

Bosco, Jim. School Library Media Specialists and School Administrators as Allies! in Multimedia Schools, [Website]. : Information Today, Inc.: September 2001 [cited 30 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/sep01/bosco.htm>.

Bosco explains the role of NETS-A, the National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators and how Media Specialists can find a new vital role in the school environment.

Developing Educational Standards [Website]. New York: 21 2002 January [cited 17 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://edstandards.org/Standards.html>.

Developing Educational Standards an annotated list of Internet sites with K-12 educational standards and curriculum frameworks documents, maintained by Charles Hill and the Putnam Valley Schools in New York. It includes brief descriptions and links to lists of over 14 national standards, the majority of state standards, and the standards of four foreign locations.

Murray, Janet. Applying Big6 Skills, Information Literacy Standards and ISTE NETS to Internet Research [Website]. Japan: 12 September 2002 [cited 12 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.learnnc.org/bestweb/infolitnets>.

Murray, is an Information Specialist at the Nile C. Kinnick High School, Yokosuka, Japan. This websites provides a chart correlating "..Mike Eisenberg's and Bob Berkowitz' Big6 Skills with the national Information Literacy Standards developed by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and Association for Educational and Communications Technology (AECT) and the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS) to organize an introduction to research on the Internet. discusses the relationship between the Big6 and the ISTE NETS (National Educational Technology Standards for students."

Murray, Janet. Big6 Matrix: What's New? [Website]. 12 September 2002 [cited 12 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.big6.com/showarticle.php?id=175>.

This page provides an 'at a glance' comparison of Big6 Skills and ISTE NETS (National Educational Technology Standards for students).

Prestebak, Jane. Standards: Recipes for Serving Student Achievement in Multimedia Schools, [Article]. : October 2001 [cited 17 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/oct01/prestebak.htm>.

Jane Prestebak, a Library/Media Specialist from Spring Lake Park, MN looks at standards and explains how you can go about 'Using Standards to Win Friends and Influence People'. This is practical and tactical advice.