Standards for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Acknowledgements   A huge thank you to Rob Policicchio (Academic Services) and the following teachers for sharing work done by their students: Urs Bill Sonia Callea Barbara Cook Gord Crutchley Joan De'Ath David deBelle Nektaria Demakopoulos Nardaya Dipchand Camille Dupuis Anna Dutfield Fadia El-Jammal My-Linh Hang Marnie Harris Sebastian Hergott Elizabeth Kafes Virginia Luong John Mirabelli Sabrina Peterson Tisch Reaney Janet Ricciardelli Debbie Sicoly Donna Smith Steve Steers Naomi Wyman   Our appreciation to the following groups for permission to use and adapt their work: Standards identified with an asterix (*) have been used with permission from Alberta Learning's Information and Communication Technology (K-12) Program of Studies.   Some standards have been adapted (for educational purposes) with permission from National Educational Technology Standards for Students: Connecting Curriculum and Technology, published by International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) NETS Project.   General standards identified with (•) have been used with the permission of the Ontario Library Association. Many of the specific skills in the Social and Ethical Issues and the Research and Inquiry strands have been adapted from Information Studies: Kindergarten to Grade 12, with the permission of the Ontario Library Association. The full document is available on-line at <http://www.ola.amlibs.ca>.   Reference List Alberta Ministry of Education. Information and Communication Technology (K-12) Program of Studies. Alberta: Alberta Learning, 2001. <http://www.learning.gov.ab.ca/ict/pofs.pdf>. International Society for Technology in Education. National Educational Technology Standards for Students: Connecting Curriculum and Technology, 2000. Ontario Ministry of Education and Training. Program Planning and Assessment: The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 to 12. Toronto: Queen's Printer, 2000. Ontario School Library Association. Information Studies: Kindergarten to Grade 12. Toronto: Ontario Library Association, 1999. <http://www.ola.amlibs.ca>.   ICT Standards Development and Writing Team Valerie Hewlitt (Co-Chair) Jim Strachan (Co-Chair) Neil Anderson Rose Dodgson Ross Edmunds Dwight Klassen Carol Koechlin Mark Lowry Kevin Maguire Cathy Phillips (Central Co-ordinating Principal) Rob Policicchio Esther Rosenfeld     In May and June 2002, a series of focus groups were held across the TDSB. The input and ideas of the teachers, instructional leaders, and administrators who attended these meetings played a central role in the development of the standards contained within this document.