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National Educational Technology Standards for Students*

The Library Media Center serves as a technology center for both teachers and students in our building.  Below are examples of how activities in the Library fit into the National Standards. 

Basic operations:

Students use programs such as Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Scholastic Reading Counts, for classroom projects.  They are able to create, edit, print, and save documents in these programs. 

Social, ethical, and human issues:

Students know the basics of our county technology and follow the guidelines.  They demonstrate rudimentary knowledge of copyright laws.

Students use technology to research and create documents to advocate societal changes, i.e. Model U.N. project and Youth Legislature. 

Technology productivity:

Students create, both individually and in groups, projects using different media, i.e. computers, camcorders, digital cameras, and graphing calculators. 

Technology research:

Students utilize electronic resources in the Library to prepare projects.   They use the computers to search the Internet as well subscription databases the Library provides. 

Technology problem-solving and decision-making:

Students are beginning make decisions as to the best format for their need.  They choose among the resources available what works best for them.

The Nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning

Excerpted from Chapter 2, "Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning," of
Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning. Copyright @ 1998 American
Library Association and Association for Educational Communications and Technology. 

Information Literacy
Standard 1: The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively.
Standard 2: The student who is information literate evaluates information critically and competently.
Standard 3: The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively. 

Independent Learning
Standard 4: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and pursues information
related to personal interests.
Standard 5: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and appreciates literature
and other creative expressions of information.
Standard 6: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and strives for excellence in
information seeking and knowledge generation. 

Social Responsibility
Standard 7: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is
information literate and recognizes the importance of information to a democratic society.
Standard 8: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is
information literate and practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information
technology.
Standard 9: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is
information literate and participates effectively in groups to pursue and generate information. 

Copyright @2000, American Library Association