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Help us grow this resource! These pages contain links to web resources that many find useful in bringing 21st Century Information Fluency skills into the classroom. If you have suggestions for additional sites (or if any of these sites are not working) please write us: help@21cif.com

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.

National Standards

Learning Standards & Common Core State Standards Crosswalk, [Website]. 2015 [cited 19 October 2015]. Available from the Internet: LINK

Includes tables that help school librarians learn how the AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner and the Common Core State Standards align. Separate sections for English Language Arts, Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects, Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects, and Mathematics

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 the Internet: LINK

National Educational Technology Standards for Students in ISTE NETS Project, [Website]. 2002 [cited 2003 January 2003]. Available from the Internet: LINK

The National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS) project is an International Society for Technology in xchange on Education Technology, and Apple Computer, Inc. This site offers Pre K-12 technology standards and profiles for technology-literate students: performanc 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 the Internet: LINK

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 the Internet: LINK

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.

State Standards

The Illinois Learning Standards [Website]. Illinois: 10 January 2003 [cited 17 January 2003]. Available from the Internet: LINK

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

IMSA Learning Standards in Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, [Website]. Illinois: 2002 [cited 22 October 2015]. Available from the Internet: LINK

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 the Internet: LINK

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.

Prestebak, Jane. Standards: Recipes for Serving Student Achievement in Multimedia Schools, [Article]. October 2001 [cited 17 January 2003]. Available from the Internet: LINK

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.

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