ISTE Standards for Students

Technology standards and guidelines that students should adhere to for

a successful education

ISTE standards are technology standards for students, teachers, and

administrators that help guide schools in the right direction when it
comes to incorporating technology into the classroom.

What does this mean for my student?

ISTE standards were put in place for students to assist with the way they
are using technology in the classrooms. These guidelines help to ensure
that learning incorporates technology in the right ways and that
students are becoming successful in using the technology.

Does my student know about these standards?

Absolutely! From the beginning of their journey at our school, these ISTE Empowered learner: Set
personal learning goals,
standards are incorporated into the lessons to make sure students are reflect on the learning
fully aware of the expectations. While most teachers don’t teach a process, use technology to
seek feedback, demonstrate
direct lesson over the standards, they are taught gradually alongside their learning, troubleshoot
lessons in the classroom to ensure full awareness is achieved. It is our current technologies, and
transfer knowledge to explore
mission to make sure that every student knows and understands what is emerging technologies.
expected of them every year and that they receive the attention and Digital citizen: Manage
digital identity, engage in
education necessary to be successful with the technology in the positive, safe, legal, and
classroom via the ISTE standards. ethical behavior,
demonstrate understanding
of obligations of using and
What specific standards are there? sharing intellectual property,
and manage personal data
to maintain digital privacy
For students, there are seven ISTE standards. These include empowered and security.
learner, digital citizen, knowledge constructor, innovative designer, Knowledge constructor:
Plan effective research
computational thinker, creative communicator, and global strategies, evaluate
collaborator. Within each of these, there are sub-standards that go into accuracy, perspective,
credibility, and relevance of
more detail about what is expected of the students. information, curate
information from digital
How do I know if my student is successful in learning and adhering to resources, and build
knowledge by actively
these standards? exploring real-world issues.
Innovative designer: Use a
Students are not tested on the ISTE standards; however, it is expected deliberate design process for
generating ideas, select and
that our teachers evaluate the abilities and actions of the students over use digital tools, develop and
the course of the school year. If there is concern that a student may not refine prototypes, and exhibit
a tolerance for ambiguity and
be where they should in regard to the ISTE standards, teachers will take perseverance.
action to get them caught up with the rest of the students. If you as a Computational thinker:
Formulate problem definitions
parent are concerned about where your student is with the ISTE for technology-assisted
standards, we will be happy to assist you and your student in getting methods, collect data, and
understand how automation
them up to speed. works.
Creative communicator:
Choose appropriate
platforms and tools, create
original works, communicate
complex ideas, publish
content that customizes the
messages.
Global collaborator: Use
digital tools to connect, use
collaborative technologies,
contribute constructively, and
explore local and global
issues.