Standards for Technological Literacy (STL) (ITEA/ITEEA, 2000/2002/2007)
STL 1: Students will develop an understanding of the characteristics and scope of technology.
STL 1 L: Inventions and innovations are the result of specific, goal-directed research.
STL 1 L: Inventions and innovations are the result of specific, goal-directed research.
STL 3: Students will develop an understanding of the relationships among technologies and the connections between technology and other fields of study.
STL 3 G: Technology transfer occurs when a new user applies an existing innovation developed for one purpose in a different function.
STL 3 H: Technological innovation often results when ideas, knowledge, or skills are shared within a technology, among technologies, or across other fields.
STL 3 I: Technological ideas are sometimes protected through the process of patenting.
STL 3 G: Technology transfer occurs when a new user applies an existing innovation developed for one purpose in a different function.
STL 3 H: Technological innovation often results when ideas, knowledge, or skills are shared within a technology, among technologies, or across other fields.
STL 3 I: Technological ideas are sometimes protected through the process of patenting.
STL 6: Students will develop an understanding of the role of society in the development and use of technology.
STL 7: Students will develop an understanding of the influence of technology on history.