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**ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Students**
> Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:
 * 1) **Creativity and Innovation**
 * 1) apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
 * 2) create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
 * 3) use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.
 * 4) identify trends and forecast possibilities.

> Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students:
 * 1) **Communication and Collaboration**
 * 1) interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
 * 2) communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
 * 3) develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures.
 * 4) contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.

> Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:
 * 1) **Research and Information Fluency**
 * 1) plan strategies to guide inquiry.
 * 2) locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
 * 3) evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
 * 4) process data and report results.

> Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. Students:
 * 1) **Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving & Decision-Making**
 * 1) identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation.
 * 2) plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
 * 3) collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.
 * 4) use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions.

> Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. Students:
 * 1) **Digital Citizenship**
 * 1) advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology.
 * 2) exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity.
 * 3) demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning.
 * 4) exhibit leadership for digital citizenship.

> Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems and operations. Students: 
 * 1) **Technology Operations and Concepts**
 * 1) understand and use technology systems.
 * 2) select and use applications effectively and productively.
 * 3) troubleshoot systems and applications.
 * 4) transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies.
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