Standards

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Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. || || || || || Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. || || || || || Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices || || || || || Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. || || || ||
 * **Standard** **:** **I. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity**
 * || **Performance Indicator** **:** a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness.
 * || **Performance Indicator** **:** b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.
 * || **Performance Indicator** **:** c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.
 * || **Performance Indicator** **:** d. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.
 * **Standard** **:** **III. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning**
 * || <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Performance Indicator** <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**:** a. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations.
 * || <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Performance Indicator** <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**:** b. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation.
 * || <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Performance Indicator** <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**:** c. communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats.
 * || <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Performance Indicator** <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**:** d. model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning.
 * <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Standard** <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**:** **IV. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility**
 * || <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Performance Indicator** <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**:** a. advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.
 * || <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Performance Indicator** <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**:** b. address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources.
 * || <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Performance Indicator** <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**:** c. promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information.
 * || <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Performance Indicator** <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**:** d. develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools.
 * <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Standard** <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**:** **V. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership**
 * || <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Performance Indicator** <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**:** a. participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning.
 * || <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Performance Indicator** <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**:** b. exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others.
 * || <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Performance Indicator** <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**:** c. evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning.
 * || <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**Performance Indicator** <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica;">**:** d. contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community. ||

Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity. Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, preparing publications, and producing other creative works. || Students use technology to communicate, to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences. Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences. || Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources. Students use technology tools to process data and report results. Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriate-ness to specific tasks. || Students use technology resources for solving problems and making informed decisions. Students employ technology in the development of strategies for solving problems in the real world. ||
 * ~ ==AZ- Arizona Academics Standards== ||
 * **Subject** **:** Technology ||
 * **Strand** **:** Strand 2: Communication and Collaboration ||
 * **Concept** **:** **Concept 1: Effective Communications and Digital Interactions** Communicate and collaborate with others employing a variety of digital environments and media. ||
 * **Grade/Level** **:** Grade 6 ||
 * **Performance Objective** **:** PO 1. Communicate digitally with others by selecting and using a variety of appropriate communication tools. ||
 * ~ ==HI- Hawaii Content and Performance Standards== ||
 * **Subject** **:** Health ||
 * **Grade/Course** **:** Grade/Course: 6-8 ||
 * **Standard** **:** Standard 7: ADVOCACY: Advocate for personal, family, and community health ||
 * **Benchmark** **:** Advocacy Across Topic Areas: HE.6-8.7.1 Use effective strategies to influence and support others in making healthful choices ||
 * **Benchmark** **:** Advocacy Across Topic Areas: HE.6-8.7.2 Use appropriate methods to communicate accurate health information and ideas ||
 * **Subject** **:** Educational Technology ||
 * **Content Standard 3****:** TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR PRODUCTIVITY
 * **Grade Cluster** **:** 6 - 8 ||
 * **Performance Indicator** **:** Use content specific tools, software, and simulations (e.g., environmental probes, graphing calculators, exploratory environments, web tools) to support learning and research. ||
 * **Performance Indicator** **:** Apply productivity/ multimedia tools and peripherals to support personal and group productivity and collaboration and learning throughout the curriculum. ||
 * **Content Standard 4****:** TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR COMMUNICATIONS
 * **Grade Cluster** **:** 6 - 8 ||
 * **Performance Indicator** **:** Design, develop, publish, and present products (e.g., Web pages, video tapes) using appropriate technology resources that demonstrate and communicate curriculum concepts to audiences inside and outside the classroom. ||
 * **Performance Indicator** **:** Collaborate with peers, experts, and others using telecommunications and collaborative tools to investigate curriculum-related problems, issues, and information and to develop solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. ||
 * **Content Standard 5****:** TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR RESEARCH
 * **Grade Cluster** **:** 6 - 8 ||
 * **Performance Indicator** **:** Select and use appropriate tools and information technology resources to accomplish a variety of tasks and solve problems. ||
 * **Content Standard 6****:** TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR PROBLEM-SOLVING AND DECISION-MAKING
 * **Grade Cluster** **:** 6 - 8 ||
 * **Performance Indicator** **:** Demonstrate an understanding of concepts underlying hardware, software, and connectivity, and practical applications to learning and problem solving. ||