ISTE Standards in Action

Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences. This category aligns with the Graduate Profile competency, Sense of Purpose, Sense of Self.


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. This category aligns with the Graduate Profile competency, Sense of Purpose, Sense of Self.

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. This category aligns with the Graduate Profile competency, Content Knowledge.

Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions. This category aligns with the Graduate Profile competency, Leadership, Empathy, & Collaboration.

Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions. This category aligns with the Graduate Profile competency, Creativity.

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. This category aligns with the Graduate Profile competency, Career & Life Skills.

Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally. This category aligns with the Graduate Profile competency, Global, Local, & Digital Identity.