NETS Standard 3 for Teachers

Today we are to reflect on the third standard from the NETS for teachers. This standard is titled "Model Digital-Age Work and Learning". The basic idea is that teachers should exhibit knowledge and skills with computers and other digital tools which reflect the technological age in which we live. I feel that my skills and knowledge satisfy the majority of the sub standards listed here. This current school year I have transferred my skills for making PowerPoint presentations to making flipcharts in my new Activboard software. The software is, of course, different but using my previous knowledge I have been able to learn to navigate and create works in this system.
I have also taken a step closer to communicating digitally with students, parents and peers by taking an inservice class on publishing a webpage. Our district will hopefully have a webpage for each teacher to publish their classroom assignments, syllabus and contact information on in the near future.
Finally, I believe I model and facilitate the use of current technology with several in class and out of class projects my student's complete each year. In our genetics project, I provide the students with a list of reliable and useful websites which will provide quality research information. I also plan to teach my students how to take advantage of Discus, a reliable scientific journal search engine, available to all students in our media center.
The only part of standard 3 I feel inadequate at is the second part about collaborating with students, parents and the community in using technological tools. In our community, many students can not afford a computer or internet access and in a small city, there is very little available outside the classroom in terms of support.