The Next Generation: New ISTE Standards for Students

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The Next GenerationNew ISTE Standards for
Students

• Allison Britt
• Jan Darty
• Emilie Johnson
• Lorenzo McCants

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The New ISTE Standards

• Focus more on skills and expertise and less on
  tools
• Were released at NECC in 2007
• Include
• Creativity and Innovation
• Communication and Collaboration
• Research and Information Fluency
• Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving, and
  Decision-Making
• Digital Citizenship
• Technology Operations and Concepts

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Standard 1 Creativity and Innovation

• Students will
• Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas,
  products, and processes
• Create original works
• Use models and simulations for exploration
• Identify trends and forecast possibilities

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Standard 2 Communication and Collaboration

• Students will
• Interact, collaborate, and publish with others
  using digital media
• Communicate information and ideas effectively
• Develop cultural understanding and global
  awareness
• Contribute to project teams to produce original
  works or solve problems

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Standard 3 Research and Information Fluency

• Plan strategies to guide inquiry
• Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize,
  and ethically use information
• Evaluate and select information sources and
  digital tools
• Process data and report results

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Standard 4 Critical thinking, Problem-Solving,
and Decision-Making

• Identify and define problems and questions
• Plan and manage activities to develop a solution
• Collect and analyze data
• Use multiple processes for exploration of
  alternative solutions

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Standard 5 Digital Citizenship

• Advocate and practice safe, legal, and
  responsible use of information and technology
• Exhibit a positive attitude toward technology
• Demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong
  learning
• Exhibit leadership for digital citizenship

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Standard 6 Technology Operations and Concepts

• Understand and use technology systems
• Select and use applications effectively and
  productively
• Troubleshoot systems and applications
• Transfer current knowledge to learning of new
  technologies

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For more information

• www.iste.org