ISTE

They were started as a nonprofit organization to help infiltrate technology into education and as of now they have been around for several years. They were designed to establish standards for using technology in education. They are in the foreground of deciding what is good and what is bad in terms of technology use in the classroom and also in determining how technology can be used for educational purposes. The different informational sites can be used by students and teachers to gain information on how technology can be used in the classroom. For students it offers information on how they can create and produce their best work for the classroom using technology. For teachers it provides information on how technology can be used for instruction. It gives them the knowledge and a basis for assessment. They can find out if the students are gaining the information that they are teaching and they can learn how to provide the content to the students in the most efficient technological format. They are different, because they are targeted towards two different groups. The NETS for educators is targeted more towards instruction and the best ways to use technology in the classroom. It focuses more on how to get the content across to the students. The NETS for students focuses more on how to use technology creatively in their work and how to generate projects that focuses on and demonstrates their understanding of the content.
 * What is ISTE?**
 * ISTE** stands for the **I**nternational **S**ociety for **T**echnology in **E**ducation. It is an organization that is dedicated to providing leadership and information on how to effectively use technology in the classroom. Their main focus is to provide instruction on how to use technology in the classroom in the most beneficial manner. They break down their information into **NETS** (**N**ational **E**ducational **T**echnology **S**tandards) which are split up into different sanctions to be used by teachers and students.
 * A Bit of History**
 * What do they mean for teachers and students?**
 * How are they different?**

-It instructs them on how to teach their traditional content in a new technological way while encouraging "new age" learning -Emphasizes the importance of digital citizenship and safety -Helps educators become leaders on a technological scale
 * [|NETS for Teachers]**
 * -**Provide an outlet for teachers to encourage creativity in their students

[[http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-students/nets-student-standards-2007.aspx|
 * NETS for Students**]]
 * -**Informs students on how to use creativity and technology to demonstrate their understanding of the content being taught
 * -**Teaches them how to collaborate and work with classmates in a "new" environment
 * -**Emphasizes the best techniques and methods for researching online
 * -**Teaches problem solving and decision making for their online work
 * -**Demonstrates the importance of good digital citizenship and online use
 * -**Sets the standards for how well and what students should be able to understand and use in terms of technology and education