ISTE Standards for Students

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This page highlights the ISTE Standards for Students through visual icons that represent each standard and its core ideas. The standards serve as a framework for empowering learners to use technology in meaningful, creative, and responsible ways. Together, they support the development of agency, digital citizenship, knowledge creation, and problem-solving skills needed for success in a connected and evolving world.

Empowered Learner

Digital Citizen

Knowledge Constructor

Innovative Designer

Computational Thinker

Creative Communicator

Empowered Learner

I leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in my learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.

I articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes.

I build networks and customize my learning environments in ways that support the learning process.

I use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves my practice and to demonstrate my learning in a variety of ways.

I understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies, and am able to explore emerging technologies.

Digital Citizen

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

I cultivate and manage my digital identity and reputation and are aware of the permanence of my actions in the digital world.

I engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices.

I demonstrate an understanding of and respect for the rights and obligations of using and sharing intellectual property.

I manage my personal data to maintain digital privacy and security and are aware of data-collection technology used to track my navigation online.

Knowledge Constructor

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

I plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for my intellectual or creative pursuits.

I evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance of information, media, data or other resources.

I curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.

I build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.

Innovative Designer

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

I know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems.

I select and use digital tools to plan and manage a design process that considers design constraints and calculated risks.

I develop, test and refine prototypes as part of a cyclical design process.

I exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance and the capacity to work with open-ended problems.

Computational Thinker

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

I formulate problem definitions suited for technology-assisted methods such as data analysis, abstract models and algorithmic thinking in exploring and finding solutions.

I 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.

I break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving.

I understand how automation works and use algorithmic thinking to develop a sequence of steps to create and test automated solutions.

Creative Communicator

I communicate clearly and express myself creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to my goals.

I choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of my creation or communication.

I create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.

I communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations.

I publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for my intended audiences.

Global Collaborator

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

I 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.

I use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers, experts or community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.

I contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal.

I explore local and global issues and use collaborative technologies to work with others to investigate solutions.

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