Standards & Information Literacy

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/
"The leading advocacy organization infusing 21st century skills into education."

Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/informationliteracycompetency.htm
Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education from the Association of College and Resource Libraries (ACRL).

Learning for the 21st Century
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/images/stories/otherdocs/P21_Report.pdf
Study by Partnership for 21st Century Skills. This is an excellent guide to understand the need for change in education, the elements of 21st C learning, and steps to build 21st C skills.

National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS)
http://www.iste.org/inhouse/nets/cnets/index.html
"The primary goal of the ISTE NETS Project is to enable stakeholders in PreK-12 education to develop national standards for educational uses of technology that facilitate school improvement in the United States. The NETS Project will work to define standards for students, integrating curriculum technology, technology support, and standards for student assessment and evaluation of technology use."

Thinkfinity
http://www.thinkfinity.org/21stCenturyHome.aspx
"Many of the resources available through Thinkfinity's content partners -- from lessons involving online research to those incorporating multimedia development -- reflect 21st century teaching and skills and make use of digital sources. In this section, we highlight opportunities for teachers to engage their students in 21st century skills and themes while they work through core content in science, mathematics and humanities."