Standards

AASL 21st Century Learning Standards Addressed in this project:

1.4.2 Use interaction with and feedback from teachers and peers to guide own inquiry process.

2.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to analyze and organize information. 2.1.5 Collaborate with others to exchange ideas, develop new understandings, make decisions, and solve problems. 2.1.6 Use the writing process, media and visual literacy, and technology skills to create products that express new understandings. 2.2.1 Demonstrate flexibility in the use of resources by adapting information strategies to each specific resource and by seeking additional resources when clear conclusions cannot be drawn. 2.2.4 Demonstrate personal productivity by completing products to express learning. 2.3.3 Use valid information and reasoned conclusions to make ethical decisions.

3.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use, and assess. 3.1.6 Use information and technology ethically and responsibly. 3.2.1 Demonstrate leadership and confidence by presenting ideas to others in both formal and informal situations. 3.2.2 Show social responsibility by participating actively with others in learning situations and by contributing questions and ideas during group discussions. 3.2.3 Demonstrate teamwork by working productively with others. 3.3.3 Use knowledge and information skills and dispositions to engage in public conversation and debate around issues of common concern. 3.3.4 Create products that apply to authentic, real-world contexts. 3.3.5 Contribute to the exchange of ideas within and beyond the learning community
 * 3.1.2 Participate and collaborate as members of a social and intellectual network of learners**
 * 3.1.5 Connect learning to community issues.**

4.1.6 Organize personal knowledge in a way that can be called upon easily. 4.2.3 Maintain openness to new ideas by considering divergent opinions, changing opinions or conclusions when evidence supports the change, and seeking information about new ideas encountered through academic or personal experiences. 4.3.1 Participate in the social exchange of ideas, both electronically and in person. 4.3.2 Recognize that resources are created for a variety of purposes. 4.3.4 Practice safe and ethical behaviors in personal electronic communication and interaction. 4.4.4 Interpret new information based on cultural and social context. ** 
 * 4.1.7 Use social networks and information tools to gather and share information.