Developing technology literate students
The Profile for Technology Literate Students is a general set of profiles describing technology literate students at key developmental point in their pre-college education. These profiles are based on the belief that all students must have regular opportunities to use technology to develop skills that encourage personal productivity, creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration in the classroom and daily life. Coupled with the standards, the profiles provide a set of examples for preparing students to be lifelong learners and contributing members of a global society.
The profiles highlight a few important types of learning activities in which students might engage as the new NETS-S are implemented. These examples are provided in an effort to bring the standards to life and demonstrate the variety of activities possible. The realities of the constantly evolving learning and technology landscapes make it impossible to prove a comprehensive collection of examples in this document, and consequently, students, parents and teachers should not feel constrained by this resource. Similarly, because this represents only a sampling of illuminating possibilities, the profiles cannot be considered a comprehensive curriculum, or even a minimally adequate one, for achieving mastery of the revised National Educational Technology Standards for Students.
The Profiles for Technology Literate Students provide performance indicators describing the technology competence students should exhibit upon completion of the following grade ranges:
It is important to remember that these profiles are indicators of achievement at certain stages in primary, elementary, and secondary education, and that success in meeting these indicators is predicted on students having regular access to a variety of technology tools. Skills are introduced and reinforced over multiple grade levels before mastery is achieved. Profile indicators will be adapted to align with the goals, strategies and activities of the 2015 – 2019 Success Plan.
The profiles highlight a few important types of learning activities in which students might engage as the new NETS-S are implemented. These examples are provided in an effort to bring the standards to life and demonstrate the variety of activities possible. The realities of the constantly evolving learning and technology landscapes make it impossible to prove a comprehensive collection of examples in this document, and consequently, students, parents and teachers should not feel constrained by this resource. Similarly, because this represents only a sampling of illuminating possibilities, the profiles cannot be considered a comprehensive curriculum, or even a minimally adequate one, for achieving mastery of the revised National Educational Technology Standards for Students.
The Profiles for Technology Literate Students provide performance indicators describing the technology competence students should exhibit upon completion of the following grade ranges:
- Grades PreK – 2 (ages 4 – 8)
- Grades 3 – 5 (ages 8 -11)
- Grades 6 – 8 (ages 11-14)
- Grades 9 – 12 (ages 14 – 18)
It is important to remember that these profiles are indicators of achievement at certain stages in primary, elementary, and secondary education, and that success in meeting these indicators is predicted on students having regular access to a variety of technology tools. Skills are introduced and reinforced over multiple grade levels before mastery is achieved. Profile indicators will be adapted to align with the goals, strategies and activities of the 2015 – 2019 Success Plan.