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"As the 2001-2002 school year is getting under way, it is being impressed upon the teachers to be sure that their lessons are meeting the educational standards. This can become quite confusing, as there are the national standards, the state standards, and the district standards. There are standards for administrators, standards for teachers and standards for students. There are even standards for conducting professional development. "

This chart is intended to help teachers integrate media literacy & technology alongside the goals and standards of traditional units of study. We recommend referring to the following nationally recognized standards for technology and media literacy: National Educational Technology Standards (NETS), developed by ISTE, The Core Principles of Media Literacy Education, Developed by NAMLE, 21st Century Skills outlined by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills We have added sample content in each column, but encourage you to click File + Make a copy and customize the map to suit your specific learning goals and standards (including Content and Skills) . and NYS & National Standards for Literacy, Social Studies, and other traditional standards. Also see: Suggestions for using this chart beneath the table. "

"I was recently working with a group of teachers who were tasked with redesigning their curriculum maps to make them more rigorous. I had been working in the district for some time and they were adopting our Rigor Blueprint as a model for how they would implement their new standards with rigor. After introducing the Rigor Blueprint to teachers and explaining how it would help them unpack the standards AND help all student reach or exceed the standards the teachers were firmly on board."

"The term curriculum refers to the lessons and academic content taught in a school or in a specific course or program. In dictionaries, curriculum is often defined as the courses offered by a school, but it is rarely used in such a general sense in schools. Depending on how broadly educators define or employ the term, curriculum typically refers to the knowledge and skills students are expected to learn, which includes the learning standards or learning objectives they are expected to meet; the units and lessons that teachers teach; the assignments and projects given to students; the books, materials, videos, presentations, and readings used in a course; and the tests, assessments, and other methods used to evaluate student learning. An individual teacher's curriculum, for example, would be the specific learning standards, , lessons, assignments, and materials used to organize and teach a particular course."