Overview of NETS, MTT, and TEKS

NETS:
ISTE published the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for students, teachers, and administrators in 1998, 2000, and 2001. The standards, now used in every U.S. state, are credited with significantly influencing expectations for students and creating targets of excellence relating to technology. The NETS standards for students include:
creativity and innovation
communication and elaboration
research information and fluency
critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making
digital citizenship
technology operations and concepts

MTT:
The purpose of the Master Technology Teacher (MTT) certification test is to ensure that each educator certified as a MTT can serve as a mentor in the field of technology instruction to other teachers.

TEKS:
The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) are a curriculum framework for Texas public schools. They identify what Texas students should know and be able to do at every grade level and in every course in the required curriculum as they move through public school in Texas. One of the elementary standards for technology is that each student must master a wider range of technological skills. This is done through the technology applications curriculum that is outlined for grades K-2 and grades 3-5. These curricula both contain four strands--foundations, information acquisition, work in solving problems, and communication.