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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

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
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.
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.
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 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

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 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.
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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