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The National Education Technology Standards (NETS)
Our world is becoming continuously bombardments with advances in technological devices. Educational systems are this expected to provide the knowledge and strategy to teach students such to improve their fluency in using these devices. Technological standards also have impacts on teachers as well as teaching methodologies. As, all other things being equal, they allow easier access to course content, access to a broader array of student population, ability to target different learning styles and disabilities/abilities as well as broadening the credential and skill sets of students such that they become more viable for improving job opportunities. The ever advancing world of technology however does present a challenge to teachers and students due to many limitations, such as costs, access to these devices, define standard curricula accessible to all, etc.

The National Education Technology Standards, (NETS), define standards to effectively teach and develop in our current technologically saturated world. NETS goes further as to differentiate standards across teachers, students, and administrators while at the same time ensuring that the core of these standards merge such to achieve the goal of ensuring proper integration and use of technology across school and other learning domains. As an educational leader, the NETS implies a modification to my previous teaching methodologies, it implies growth within evolution in technology and defining curricula that allow every student to access knowledge and materials through devices as they become available. For students it allows them to remain updated with the advances across computer and other devices in their community, and improves their skills set such to be able to cope within the job market after graduation. NETS encourage administrators to improve the standards within schools to encourage a better learning environment within the technological domains.