Relevant ISTE Standards

Digital Citizenship

Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.

• Students cultivate and manage their digital identity and reputation and are aware of the permanence of their actions in the digital world.

  
  (ISTE Standard 2a)

• Students engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices.
  (ISTE Standard 2b)

Knowledge Constructor

Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.

• Students evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance of information, media, data or other resources.
  (ISTE Standard 3b)

• Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions..
  (ISTE Standard 3c)

Innovative Designer

Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions.

• Students know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems.
  (ISTE Standard 4a)

• Students select and use digital tools to plan and manage a design process that considers design constraints and calculated risks.
  (ISTE Standard 4b)

Computational Thinker

Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions.

• Students formulate problem definitions suited for technology-assisted methods such as data analysis, abstract models and algorithmic thinking in exploring and finding solutions.
  (ISTE Standard 5a)

• Students collect data or identify relevant data sets, use digital tools to analyze them, and represent data in various ways to facilitate problem-solving and decision-making.
  (ISTE Standard 5b)

Creative Communicator

Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.

• Students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication.
  (ISTE Standard 6a)

• Students create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.
  (ISTE Standard 6b)

Global Collaborator

Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.

• Students use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, engaging with them in ways that broaden mutual understanding and learning.
  (ISTE Standard 7a)

• Students explore local and global issues and use collaborative technologies to work with others to investigate solutions.
  (ISTE Standard 7d)