Christina Battaglini

EDC 257
M1A1-ISTE Analysis
Professor Lopez
3/27/2016
ISTE Analysis
The ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) set out to provide standards
for both students and teachers regarding how technology is integrated into the classroom.
Student standards focus on using technology to be creative and innovative. One way to do
this is by using existing knowledge to construct new knowledge. Therefore, students need to
be exposed to and use new information more than once in order for the information to move
from short term memory into long term memory. This allows students to build upon new
concepts. Another way for students to be creative is by producing unique projects. This
allows students to understand there is not only one way to accomplish a goal. Teachers want
to see the knowledge the student has gained. For example, teachers can integrate project
based assessments for students to demonstrate new knowledge. Teacher standards focus on
assisting and motivating student creativity by guiding experiences that foster student
interaction with technology. Both teachers and students are required to be creative, but
teachers model and encourage unique thinking and inventiveness that uses technology.
Student standards focus more on collaborating in the digital world to understand different
cultures and to help others learn. Teacher standards include virtual collaboration but include
face to face experiences also.
Students are expected to be their own self learners by planning strategies for gathering
data, evaluating and reporting the results. Locating useful and meaningful information from
the internet may be a difficult task for students to complete. The web is full of massive

amounts of information that is difficult to navigate (Dobler and Eagleton, 2015, p.2).
Therefore, teachers are in charge of designing and developing digital learning environments
so that students can explore their own interests. In addition teachers must develop
assessment for students to show their learning. Teachers lead the way for learning new
technologies and incorporating them into the K-12 student education. Teachers use
technology to customize lessons to meet the demands of diverse learners.
Digital citizenship is a critical element for both teacher and student ISTE standards. Each
party should be aware of social issues and responsibilities that are part of the digital culture.
Teachers pave the way for showing students how to properly search and document digital
sources. Students should be able to work out problems in a system by applying knowledge
of one system to learning a new one. Another difference between the ISTE standards for
teachers and students is that teachers need to remain engaged in professional development by
learning and using digital resources.
I feel it will be challenging to keep up with the ever evolving and growing digital field.
Maintaining proficiency and a deep knowledge of all new technologies will be essential to
help students navigate the digital world. The web is massive and holds a lot of information.
Therefore, it is important to teach students the correct use of technology for educational
purposes and to limit distractions. Another challenge is getting students to think on their own
about planning, evaluating and summarizing data. It is important for students to uncover
their own curiosity and for teachers to guide this discovery without hindering creativity.
Guiding students to be life-long learners in a digital world takes modeling it as a teacher.
Integrating and promoting digital citizenship by providing opportunities to discover new
cultures is essential to bring into the classroom. Helping students understand the many

responsibilities that are inherent in the digital community is an important life skill. Teachers
need to take on the responsibility of exposing students to new technologies. Juggling the
many different student abilities pertaining to searching, analyzing, collaborating and
troubleshooting information in the digital world will be challenging in the classroom
environment.

References
Dobler, E., & Eagleton, M., (2015) Reading the Web. Strategies for Internet Inquiry
(2nd edition) The Guilford Press; New York, NY.
ISTE Standards Students (2007) International Society for Technology in Education
Retrieved from: http://staging.iste.org/standards/iste-standards/standards-for-students
ISTE Standards Teachers (2008) International Society for Technology in Education
Retrieved from: http://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards/standards-for-teachers