THE  ^{level and degree of standard's that both teachers and students are held to increases there is more of a need now to use technology than ever before. Common Core, ISTE, NETS and the pressures of the 21st century all meant to promote student learning and higher performance only end up adding more stress onto the students and the teachers. With learning it is obvious that there needs to be a level of expectations and requirements that both the teacher and the student should be meeting in order to track their progress in the year. For most classrooms in the United States according to our Textbook Technology Standards for 21st Century Learning on page 3. the ISTE is a way for schools to receive more funding for their technology needs and wants.  Resources provided by the NETS allow for students to be life long leaners and promote educational practices in everything that they do; advancing in skill with each grade level that they advance to. while the NETS standards are not the same for every student in every state, there are certain standards that are similar and fluid no matter what state the student or teacher are in. Some standards are more catered towards the area and grade level of the student; however others are the same no matter where in the Country the student is in. Now a days all of the students learning within the classroom is geared towards the future and their future career while simultaneously incorporating things that every student needs to know and the basics. Technology is one of these basics where there are certain things that every child, K-12 needs to be aware and fluent with.}

       ^{The Teacher Preparation Accreditation standard within the NCATE and ISTE located on page 5 of our textbook, talks about the endorsing of technology and facilitation of skills to be used towards the preparation of a science or STEM field which I feel is  a really important standard to project onto students. Any job located within the STEM field is extremely important and the facilitating of those skills at an earlier age is way better than only teaching these skills once a child gets to high school. The earlier the exposure the more time the child's brain has to adapt and learn more things that will only help them later on down the road. I have considered a field as a guidance councilor at an elementary school or even a classroom,/ literary assistant but I am not really too interested in the Administrative side of  education. Therefore any of the ISTE standards put in place for Administrators mentioned on  page 10  of our textbook is something that is very unfamiliar for me. Within the ISTE'S NET standards there is a lot of mentions of technology leadership and just overall leadership of the school that administrators must have to show that they are in control and aware of what is going on at their school. Administrators work on these skills through various educational leadership skills that have been advanced and perfected over  a course of time.}

     ^{As the newer generations enter the realm of education it is more clear now than ever that todays youth can be viewed as digital natives is totally correct. Todays Youth is growing up in an age surrounded by technology in almost every aspect of their life. For those that are digital natives such as todays youth or even a vast majority of students in college such as myself; we are used to technology and have almost adapted our lives around it. From the moment we are born, we are used to having and including technology in our lives in almost every aspect. Technology is viewed as a helpful tool that majority of digital natives use to make their lives easier or simpler on a daily basis. Majority of teachers in todays society, while they are beginning to adapt and learn the ways of technology can be viewed as digital immigrants. Because technology is something new and innovative to them, it is not something that they grew up with and them must learn how to adapt to it. In most cases this affects the students where as the teacher may not be as proficient or knowledgeable about a certain topic as they should be revolving technology so it may decrease the potential for learning or close a learning opportunity. Such as if a teacher does not know how to use a smart board of a new learning game software, they may chose to just not include it in their lesson plans. Therefore they are withholding a learning opportunity from their students. I know that I am more knowledgeable about technology than most of my teachers in high school, however when I am a teacher there is a possibility that those students may be smarter than me when it comes to technology. With how technology is always changing by the time my future students are born and in my class the way that I learned things in elementary school will be completely different than the way that they learn things. Technology is something that is constantly changing and improving there is no wonder why it plays such an important role in education and the way that digital natives learn and digital immigrants teach.}