As far as influences that lead teachers and students to need/use technology, the possibilities are endless. Teachers use technology to make creating, grading, and turning in assignments easier on themselves and the students. Students, especially nowadays, rely on technology for even the simplest assignments; papers and tests are now mostly created and submitted through the internet. At the most basic levels technology is revolutionary for the way students with disabilities learn. The blind now have access to audio books and the deaf have opportunities to explore more hands on, relevant materials.
One ISTE standard that is meaningful to me is "Digital Citizen". Nowadays, with all of the social media apps and access to the vast majority of the population, we have such an strong responsibility online. Being behind a screen can sometimes create problems, such as cat-fishing and cyber bullying, but I feel like the overall response is positive. People are so connected and in tune with the world compared to life prior to public internet. "Knowledge Constructor" would probably be the most alienated seeming standard to me; like I have expressed, I am very lost in technology and online and I struggle to retain the concepts that are taught to me when it comes to even the basics of technology.
I strongly disagree with labeling my generation as "Digital Natives". However, that being said, I do agree with the NEXT generation adopting that title. I know many other people my age who are just as technologically challenged as I am, but I know very few kids my sister's age (15) who are as confused as I am on a daily basis. I would begin this title at children born after 2002 since they haven't lived in a world where cellphones and internet weren't easily accessed.
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