The Relationship between NETS-T and NETS-S

The NET standards set for teachers dictate that teachers serve as leaders to the future generations in regards to technology and its place in society. This requires that teachers stay current with the latest applications of technology with the ability to model its use and applications to their students. Teachers also need to integrate into the classroom technology that will enhance the teaching and learning process as it becomes available.
Teachers not only model the use of technology in the classroom, but inspire their students to take their knowledge of technology and use it for exploration and innovation. By being up to date and on the cutting edge of technology, teachers not only allow students a venue to use and apply what they know, but can also serve as leaders to the students to usher them into the future of technology and the ways in which it will influence, affect, and change the future of society.
The application of the NET standards set for students run in tandem with those set for teachers. Teachers make available to the student ways to utilize current technology and the student then applies the use of technology into their learning experience. Most students, even those who are very young, have a fairly good understanding of technology and have probably used it a great deal in their everyday lives. Teachers can be abreast of the everyday uses of technology and broaden for these children the application and purpose that technology serves. Students can learn to use technology for research and as a means to broaden their knowledge and understanding of the world in which they live. Students can also be inspired to use technology as a means to better society as well as to contribute to it.
At a young age most students have gained a certain sense of self in relation to their experience and use of technology. Most students probably have an innate sense of their own digital citizenship. Teachers are called upon to guide students to be responsible models of digital citizenship. Students can learn to be leaders setting exemplary standards to other students in the usage and application of technology.
In summary it is clear that teachers and students alike bring into the classroom their own experience with, and understanding of, technology. Teachers, especially older ones can learn from their students, and students can learn how to put technology to productive use from their teachers. Growth and application in regards to technology certainly goes hand in hand from teacher to student. Teachers can use technology to enhance and aid the learning process for their students and students can learn how to communicate and publish information and ideas, as well as to use the media as a means of communication and contribution to society. Ideally, both the teaching and learning process can be aided and greatly benefited by the application of these standards.