International Technology Education Association / ITEA

• Standard 1: Students will develop an understanding of the characteristics and scope of technology.
• Standard 2: Students will develop an understanding of the core concepts of technology.
• Standard 3: Students will develop an understanding of the relationships among technologies and the connections between technology and other fields of study.
• Standard 4: Students will develop an understanding of the cultural, social, economic, and political effects of technology.
• Standard 6: Students will develop an understanding of the role of society in the development and use of technology.
• Standard 8: Students will develop an understanding of the attributes of design.
• Standard 10: Students will develop an understanding of the role of troubleshooting, research and development, invention and innovation, and experimentation in problem solving.
• Standard 11: Students will develop abilities to apply the design process.
• Standard 12: Students will develop abilities to use and maintain technological products and systems.
• Standard 17: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use information and communication technologies.

• Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems.
• Students are proficient in the use of technology.

Social, ethical, and human issues

• Students understand the ethical, cultural, and societal issues related to technology.
• Students practice responsible use of technology systems, information, and software.
• Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity.

Technology productivity tools

• Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
• Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works.

Technology communications tools

• Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences.
• Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.

Technology research tools

• Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.
• Students use technology tools to process data and report results.
• Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks.

Technology problem-solving and decision-making tools

• Students use technology resources for solving problems and making informed decisions.
• Students employ technology in the development of strategies for solving problems in the real world.

PA Dept of Education / Science & Technology (pdf)

3.6.12.B. Analyze knowledge of information technologies of processes encoding, transmitting, receiving, storing, retrieving and decoding.

PA Dept of Education / Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening (pdf)

• 1.1.11.D  Identify, describe, evaluate and synthesize the essential ideas in text.
• 1.1.11.G Demonstrate after  reading understanding and interpretation of both fiction and non-fiction text, including public documents.
  • Make and support with evidence assertions about texts
  • Make extensions to related ideas, topics or information
• 1.2.11.B Use and understand a variety of media and evaluate the quality of material produced.
  • Select appropriate electronic media for research and evaluate the qulaity of information received.
• 1.4.11.C Write persuasive pieces.
  • Include a clearly stated position or opinion
  • Include convincing, elaborated and properly cited evidence.
  • Develop reader interest.
  • Anticipate and counter reader concerns and arguments.
• 1.5.11.A Write with a sharp, distinct focus
  • Identify topic, task and audience
  • Establish and maintain a single point of view.
• 1.5.11.B.3  Write fully developed paragraphs that have details and information specific to the topic and relevant to the focus.
• 1.5.11.C  Write with controlled and/or subtle organization
  • Sustain a logical order throughout the piece
  • Include an effective introduction and conclusion
• 1.5.11.D  Write with a command of the stylistic aspects of the composition
  • Use different types and lengths of sentences
  • Use precise language
• 1.5.11.E  Revise writing to improve style, word choice, sentence variety and subtlety of meaning after rethinking how questions of purpose, audience and genre have been addressed.
• 1.5.11.F  Edit writing using conventions of language
  • Spell all words correctly
  • Use capital letters correctly
  • Punctuate correctly (periods, exclamation points, question marks, commas, quotation marks, apostrohes, colons, semicolons, parentheses, hyphens, brackets, ellipses).
  • Use nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections properly.
  • Use complete sentences (simple, compound, complex, declarative, interrogative, exclamatory and imperative).