ISTE Standards-Teachers Assignment

ISTE Standards-T Standard 1 has been completed for you to use as an example.
ISTE Standards-T Standard 1: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and
Creativity
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and
technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and
innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments.
Restate the Standard in your own words
Learning experiences based on subject knowledge, are developed by teachers to
lead students to use new and creative ways to enhance learning in their physical
and digital environments.

a. Teachers promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking

and inventiveness.
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Encourage students to think outside of the box through leading by example and
providing the appropriate facets and resources.

b. Teachers engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving

authentic problems using digital tools and resources.
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Equip students with the technological devices and infrastructure that will enable
them to gain experience in effectively finding solutions to genuine, practical
everyday issues of life.

c. Teachers promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal

and clarify students conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and
creative processes.
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Teachers will use tools that foster collaboration amongst students to further their
understanding and thinking, planning and creativity, as well as showing the teacher
what the students do and do not know.

d. Teachers model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in

learning with students, colleagues and others in face-to-face and virtual
environments
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Teachers use digital tools to connect learners and others, through participation,
collaboration, and immersion in digital and virtual environments.

ISTE Standards-T Standard 2: Designing and Developing Digital-Age

Learning Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and
assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content
learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in
the ISTE Standards-Students.
Restate the Standard in your own words
Learning experiences that utilize current technologies within an authentic, real
world context and in alignment with standards, allows for greater student
knowledge, and ultimately, student success.
a. Teachers design or adapt relevant learning experiences that
incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and
creativity.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Promote student learning and creativity by allowing the use of current, engaging
digital tools in learning experiences.

b. Teachers develop technology-enriched learning environments that

enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active
participants in setting their own educational goals, manage their own
learning, and assessing their own progress.
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Provide students with an opportunity to be stakeholders in their own education by
fostering an environment that provides technology based learning experiences.
c. Teachers customize and personalize learning activities to address
students diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using
digital tools and resources.
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Teachers will differentiate according to student needs and interests.

d. Teachers provide students with multiple and varied formative and
summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and
use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.
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Teachers will assess students using a variety of methods and in accordance to
standards, and use that data to drive future learning.

ISTE Standards -T Standard 3: Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an
innovative professional in a global and digital society.
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Teachers will remain current technology knowledge in order to educate 21 st century
learners.
a. Teachers demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer
of current knowledge to new technologies and situations.
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Teachers will apply knowledge gained of technology into the classroom by creating
learning experiences that use them appropriately.

b. Teachers collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community

members using digital tools and resources to support student access and
innovation.
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Teachers will foster a collaborative environment with all school stakeholders by
using technology with the purpose of promoting student success.

c. Teachers communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to

students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats.
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Teachers will provide equitable access of information to all stakeholders by using
social media and other appropriate formats in an effective manner.

d. Teachers model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging

digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to
support research and learning.
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Equip students with the digital tools to appropriately evaluate materials to be used
in research and other learning experiences.
ISTE Standards -T Standard 4: Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and
Responsibility
Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an
evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional
practices.
Restate the Standard in your own words
Demonstrate knowledge of digital literacy and citizenship by practicing professional
and ethical behaviors.

a. Teachers advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of
digital information and technology, including respect for copyright,
intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.
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Teachers promote digital literacy and citizenship by modeling and being a resource
for others.
b. Teachers address the diverse needs of all learners by using learnercentered strategies and providing equitable access to appropriate digital
tools and resources.
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Allow all users equal, appropriate access to tools and resources in order to address
the needs of a diverse student a population.
c. Teachers promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social
interactions related to the use of technology and information.
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Teachers will use technology to further student understating of appropriate use.
d. Teachers develop and model cultural understanding and global
awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using
digital-age communication and collaboration tools.

ISTE Standards -T Standard 5: Engage in Professional Growth and

Leadership
Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning ,
and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and
demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources.
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Teachers are lifelong learners dedicated to the practice of gaining knowledge of
current digital tools and resources.
a. Teachers participate in local and global learning communities to
explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning.
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Teachers participate in various levels of professional learning communities in order
to gain information and knowledge to promote student learning.
b. Teachers exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology
infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building,
and developing the leadership and technology skills of others.
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Teachers advocate for the use and development of technology skills among
coworkers by sharing information gained, advocacy, and serving on leadership
teams.
c. Teachers evaluate and reflect on current research and professional
practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging
digital tools and resources in support of student learning.
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Teachers will analyze best practices by using scholarly research to ensure effective
use of digital tools to achieve student success.
d. Teachers contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of
the teaching profession and of their school and community.
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Teachers will promote and contribute to the learning environment of their schools.

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