My view on ISTE

The time for major change in education is now. In a world where rapid advances in technology
have a profound impact on the ways we work, communicate and live, education has struggled to
keep pace. The ISTE Standards work together to support educators, students and leaders with
clear guidelines for the skills and knowledge necessary to move away from the factory model.
These are not the typical boxes educators need to check. They provide a framework for
rethinking education, adapting to a constantly changing technological landscape and preparing
students to enter an increasingly global economy.
As educators, we are preparing students for a future that we cannot yet imagine. Empowering
students to become lifelong learners and providing them with the skills to face future challenges
resourcefully and creatively is critical. Its not about using digital tools to support outdated
education strategies and models; its about tapping into technologys potential to amplify human
capacity for collaboration, creativity and communication. Its about leveling the playing field and
providing young people worldwide with equitable access to powerful learning opportunities.
Transforming education requires us to rethink how we teach and learn. The ISTE Standards act
as a roadmap for bold, innovative educators and education leaders to re-engineer their schools
and classrooms for digital age learning no matter where they fall on the journey to meaningful,
effective ed tech integration.
As educators, students are at the center of everything we do. Our foremost goal is to prepare
them for their future. The student standards describe the skills and knowledge they need to
thrive, grow and contribute in a global, interconnected and constantly changing society.
Teachers have always held the key to student success. But their role is changing. I believe that
the ISTE Standards for Teachers define the digital age skills and pedagogical insights educators
need to teach, work and learn. Todays students must be prepared to thrive in a constantly
evolving technological landscape. Geological location and borders no longer determine the
learning opportunities, skills and careers that students can access. The ISTE Standards for
Students are designed to empower student voice and ensure that learning is a student-driven
process of exploration, creativity and discovery no matter where they or their teachers are in the
thoughtful integration of education tech.
SOME benefits of ISTE for students are that it empowered students leverage technology to take
an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in their learning goals,
informed by the learning sciences. Students build networks that is Enrich learning by making
online connections with other learners and experts for personal or academic interests, for
example, via social media, connecting through email, video conferencing, digital pen pals, etc.
and customize their Learning environments: Local, physical and online environments, both
formal and informal in ways that support the learning process.

2.Digital citizen is when 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. Students cultivate and manage their digital identity and
reputation: How an individual is represented online in the public domain, based on activities,
connections or tagging, for example, social media posts, photos, public online
comments/reviews, awareness and monitoring of how others are depicting you online. and
should be aware of the Permanence of their actions: Digital content is everlasting, even when
individuals delete it or believe privacy settings fully protect them from scrutiny.
3. Knowledge constructor
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.
Students Curate information :To gather, select and categorize resources into themes in ways that
are coherent and shareable. and methods to create Collections of artifacts: For example,
portfolio, multimedia presentation, paper, project, video, demonstration, etc. that demonstrate
meaningful connections or conclousions.
4.Innovative designer
Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by
creating new, useful or imaginative solutions. Students use a variety of technologies within a
design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions.

Students develop ,test and refine prototype: A first or preliminary model of something from
which other versions are developed or copied. As part of a cyclical design process: An iterative
process of testing, reflection, refinement, etc. For example, alpha and beta testing.
5. Computative thinker
Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that
leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions.
Students collect data: For example, surveys, online data sets, physical measurements. Identify
relevant data sets: Could be big data, public access information, or private databases, for
example, population or global food source databases, public data streams from weather satellites.
and use digital tools to Analyze data: Making sense of data, identifying patterns and drawing
conclusions, for example, using databases, visualization tools, analytics, mapping software, textanalysis software. and represent Represent data: Depicting and organizing data in appropriate

graphs, charts, words or images. in various ways to facilitate problem-solving and decisionmaking.
creative communicator 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. Students choose the appropriate platform e.g, video, slide deck presentation, digital
poster, social media site, podcast, website or other online and tools for example: digital camera
or video, audio software, graphic design software, writing software. for meeting the desired
objectives of their creation or communication.
Global collaborator Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their
learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.
Students use collaborative technologies: applications that facilitate teamwork and collaboration
between students and experts around the globe, for example, knowledge sharing tools,
videoconferencing, digital project spaces/sites, chats, collaborative schedulers. Work with others,
including peers, experts or community members to examine issues from multiple viewpoints:
Engage in conversations and debate through the lens of different cultural, geographic,
demographic and personal perspectives, such as online debates, discussion forums, telementoring
and personal learning networks.
The ISTE stanndard for students emphasize the skills and qualities we want for students,
enabling them to engage and thrive in a connected, digital world. The standards are designed for
use by educators across the cirriculum, with every age student, with a goal of cultivating these
skill throughout a student's academic career .Both students and teachers will be achieving
foundational technology skills to fully apply the standards. The reward, however, will be
educators who skillfully mentor and inspire students to amplify learning with technology and
challenge them to be agents of their own learning.