ISTE Standards

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) works to

support students, educators, and leaders with clear guidelines for the
knowledge and approaches they need to succeed in the digital age.

2019
ISTE Standards for Students
Today students must be prepared to thrive in a constantly evolving
technological landscape. The ISTE Standards for Students are
designed to empower student voice and ensure that learning is a
student-driven process.

Listed are the ISTE Standards for Students in 2019.

Bernard
1. Empowered Learner- Students leverage technology to take
an active role in achieving and demonstrating competency in Doggles
their learning goals. Students will build networks and
customize their learning environments in ways that support the 2018 Teacher of
learning process. Students will understand the fundamental
concepts of technology operations, demonstrate their ability to
the Year
choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and transfer In 2018 Bernard achieved the
their knowledge to explore emerging technologies. teacher of the year award. He
has become the standard in
2. Knowledge Constructor- Students learn effective research implementing technology in the
strategies to locate information and other resources. They will classroom. Students have
evaluate the accuracy and credibility of information, while thrived learning math and
building knowledge actively exploring real-world issues and science with hands-on, real-
solutions. world experience.

3. Innovative Designer- Students use a variety of technologies “STEM fields are the future.
within a design process to identify and solve problems by Integrating technology in the
classroom sooner, rather than
creating new, useful or imaginative solutions. Students will
later gives students a leg up in
exhibit tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance, and the capacity achieving their educational
to work with open-ended problems. goals.” - Bernard Doggles

With a focus on learning first, technology second,

ISTE has been the leader in supporting educators in
inspiring learners to reach their greatest potential —
always with a focus on learning first, technology
second.
ISTE Standards for Students
4. Digital Citizen- Students understand the
concepts of managing their digital identity
and reputation and are aware of their actions
being permanent in the digital world.
Students will engage in positive, safe, legal
and ethical behavior when using technology
including social interactions online. Students
will learn to manage their personal data
while being aware of data technology used to
track their navigation online.
5. 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 understand how
automation works and use algorithmic
thinking to develop a sequence of steps to
create and test automated solutions.

6. Creative Communicator- Students 7. Global Collaborator- Students use digital

communicate clearly and express themselves tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich
creatively for a variety of purposes using the their learning by collaborating with others and
platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital working effectively in teams locally and
media appropriate to their goals. globally.

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