ISTE Essential Conditions for Technology Integration

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has set (1) the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for students, teachers, and administrators (NETS Standards), and (2) the Essential Conditions for Technology Integration (Essential Conditions).

They are:

• Shared vision for technology integration — This requires coordinated school and district planning with teachers and other personnel at all levels, budgeting yearly amounts for technology purchases with incremental funding, emphasizing teacher training, matching technology to curriculum needs, and keeping current and building in flexibility.
• Standards and curriculum support — Technology and content area standards are designed to support each other
• Required policies — Policies are in place to ensure legal/ethical use, safe internet use, and equity.
• Access to hardware, software, and other resources — There is adequate funding, purchasing procedures are organized and effective, and procedures are in place to set up and maintain technology resources.
• Trained personnel — Staff development that includes hands-on, integration emphasis; training over time; modeling, mentoring, and coaching; and post-training access to technology resources.
• Technical assistance — Continuing support for diagnostic and maintenance problems for teachers' and students' computers.
• Appropriate teaching and assessment approaches — Teaching strategies that are matched to needs, and assessment strategies that are matched to the type of learning being measured.

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