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.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
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.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
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.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
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
Restate the Main Idea in your own words

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
Standard is what is believed to be the least amount of knowledge people are supposed to know at
certain points in their public school career. It is based off of the subject and grade level they are in.

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
Teachers use technology to assist with learning to promote creativity. They do this by adapting the
material as well as the use for the technology.

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.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers will use technological tools to create an environment where goals, learning, and assessment
will be managed by students who are actively engaged in their educational experience.

c. Teachers customize and personalize learning activities to address students diverse learning
styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Students learn in different styles and using various forms of technology to assist all students is helpful in
diverse communities such as the classroom.

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.

Restate the Main Idea in your own words

Formative and summative assessments of students will align with standards, and the information
collected will help shape best teaching and learning practices moving forward.

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.
Restate the Standard in your own words
Teachers model digital learning and progress. They stay up-to-date and participate in the global digital
culture exchange.

a. Teachers demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to
new technologies and situations.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers are competent in technological content knowledge and use appropriate pedagogical tools to
teach these skills to students.

b. Teachers collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools
and resources to support student access and innovation.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Collaboration is key when teaching and digital tools are a good resource to create a community with all
players in the educational experience including peers, students, and even parents. This community will
support student access, learning, and creativity.

c. Teachers communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and
peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers use appropriate digital tools to communicate necessary information to the educational
community of students, parents, and peers.

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.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers use technology to assist with research and teaching by using the latest forms of digital tools to
do various tasks.

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
Teacher will possess a knowledge of digital culture on a local and global scale, as well as its social power.
They will participate in it appropriately, with high regards to legality and ethics.

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.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Being safe and ethical while using digital information is a main goal of teachers when instructing about
research and technology.

b. Teachers address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies and
providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers serve learners equitably with access to appropriate tools and resources.

c. Teachers promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the
use of technology and information.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
The promotion of etiquette and being responsible in digital social interactions is a main goal for
teachers.
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.
Restate the Standard in your own words
Teachers will continue leadership and learning through promotion and use of effective tools and
resources.

a. Teachers participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of
technology to improve student learning.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teacher explore new ways to use technology to improve student learning with the use of different
communities.
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.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers will be committed to a collaborative digital community, as demonstrated by serving
technological needs, developing leadership, and promoting/participating in the digital learning culture.

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.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
To support learning in the classroom teachers will often make sure the technology they are using is
current and professional.

d. Teachers contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession
and of their school and community.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers work will stay current, relevant, and effective in relation to their students, peers, and
community.

Chat Tool
This section is to be completed individually
To conduct the chat we used (give the name of the tool you used):
Google hangouts/documents
Positives of this chat tool were:
You can work together without being with each other and use other aspects of the resource such as
instant messaging (IM).
Negatives of using this chat tool were:
Technology is not always up to date, there are times when it will freeze, and technology has a lot issues
at times. In our case we had a lot of technical problems and actually werent able to talk because my
computer is too old to use video chat. Also my power went out at one point. Her computer kept

freezing up and not letting her use chat, however we were able to get through it and work together as a
team in Google documents.