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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.