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The standards listed above are necessary for students to fully engage in their education.

Each standard is extremely important but the two that I feel will help the students most are Technology operations and concepts and Critical thinking, problem solving and decision making.

Critical thinking and problem solving are part of high order thinking that we hold so high. Students need to learn how to process information and delve into the critical information of the topic. With the ability to do so, students would be independent and high achievers.

If the students have the ability to complete technology operations and concepts, they would be able to complete other standards that are on the list such as research and information fluency.

Teachers have the ability to implement these standards in the classroom because all it takes is to learn the new Web 2.0 tools and to take time out and think about what would help the students.

The only problem I see infringing these standards would be support from principals and districts. Because of budgets and cutbacks, students are not given the ability to express their selves in other ways other then their notebooks. Hopefully soon enough, the state will give more back to the schools.