Technology+Benchmarks

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**Ohio Academic Content Standards Technology Benchmarks**
include page="span_centre_end" Nature of Technology** || **Standard 2: Technology and Society Interaction** || **Standard 3: Technology for Productivity Applications** || **Standard 4: Technology and Communication Applications** || **Standard 5: Technology and Information Literacy** ||
 * **Standard 1:
 * Synthesize information, evaluate and make decisions about technologies. || Interpret and practice responsible citizenship relative to technology. || Integrate conceptual knowledge of technology systems in determining practical applications for learning and technical problem-solving. || Apply appropriate communication design principles in published and presented projects. || Determine and apply an evaluative process to all information sources chosen for a project. ||
 * Apply technological knowledge in decision- making. || Demonstrate the relationship among people, technology and the environment. || Identify, select and apply appropriate technology tools and resources to produce creative works and to construct technology-enhanced models. || Create, publish and present information, utilizing formats appropriate to the content and audience. || Apply a research process model to conduct research and meet information needs. ||
 * Examine the synergy between and among technologies and other fields of study when solving technological problems. || Interpret and evaluate the influence of technology throughout history, and predict its impact on the future. ||  || Identify communication needs, select appropriate communication tools and design collaborative interactive projects and activities to communicate with others, incorporating emerging technologies. || Formulate advanced search strategies, demonstrating an understanding of the strengths and limitations of the Internet, and evaluate the quality and appropriate use of Internet resources. ||
 * || Analyze ethical and legal technology issues and formulate solutions and strategies that foster responsible technology usage. ||  ||   || Evaluate choices of electronic resources and determine their strengths and limitations. ||
 * || Forecast the impact of technological products and systems. ||  ||   ||   ||