Social Studies and Technology Standards:

A. The National Council for the Social Studies has set out ten themes that form the framework of the social studies standards. You can access these themes at: www.ncss.org/standards

B. The state of New York, like many other states, has also laid out a curricular framework at: http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/guides/social/ By navigating the entire NY State Education Department site, teachers can find many useful pieces of information about the new Regents assessments that have developed from the laying out of this curricular framework in 1997.

C. The foremost vehicle for introducing technology standards into teaching and teacher education has been the organization, the International Society for Technology Education which developed the National Educational Technology Standards Project. Explore these ideas on introducing technology into educational settings by visiting the ISTE website at: www.iste.org