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The ISTE Student Standards guide educators toward student-driven learning practices that prepare students to thrive in an evolving technological landscape.

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How will traditional literacy skills and strategies help students achieve these standards? 

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How will traditional literacy skills and strategies help students achieve these standards? 

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Collaborating with peers and providing positive feedback to each other.

Using a variety of tools to gain information.

Using their background knowledge and experiences and applying it to new learning.

Communicating with peers and teachers about their knowledge, interests, background, experiences.

Problem-solving skills

Ability to read and write using multiple tools and platforms

Making connections between texts

Showing comprehension skills by answering questions, retelling stories, and having discussions.

Summarizing and synthesizing information read.

Analyzing information and determining the importance of texts in order to share with peers.

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What new skills and strategies do students need to successfully achieve the standards (list)?

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What new skills and strategies do students need to successfully achieve the standards (list)?

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Utilize and troubleshoot different technologies

Transfer knowledge to explore new/emerging technologies

Critical thinking skills

Algorithmic thinking skills

Problem-solving and decision-making skills (relating to technologies)

Compare and contrast information (or differing perspectives) collected online

Explore real-world issues/problems to develop ideas and solutions (looking at multiple resources and differing perspectives)

Finding and selecting credible online information and resources (E.g. using the search feature and keywords when researching)

The ability to read an online/digital text or navigate a website

Utilizing the different resources provided on different websites (E.g. different tabs, different links)

Ability to curate information from digital resources using different tools and methods

Basic knowledge of how to play videos (E.g. what to click on to play/pause/rewind, how sound works, how to use headphones if necessary, etc.)

Network building skills

The ability to digitally demonstrate knowledge and be able to reflect on the learning process

Building and managing a digital identity

Understanding the permanence of their actions in the digital world

Engage in positive social interactions online (connect with learners of different backgrounds)

Utilize collaborative technologies to work with others

Designing skills (utilizing different digital resources/platforms)

Identify, analyze, and represent data using different means of technology

Ability to publish or present content to a specific audience

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Where does critical digital literacy fit in?

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Where does critical digital literacy fit in?

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Critical digital literacy is a set of skills and viewpoints that allow a person to use and understand digital media tools

Critical digital literacy skills fit into ALL curriculum areas

Related to literacy skills in which the reader uses skills like listening, speaking, reading, writing, and critical thinking.

The goal of critical digital literacy is to develop active and engaged thinkers in the digital environment

Critical digital literacy skills will be used outside of the classroom setting and become more necessary as the technological age is advancing

More than technological understanding and computer skills as it also acts as a reflection using different perspectives including one's own to formulate a personal view

Using: Learners need to have the basic skills to navigate and use technological tools on digital platforms

Decoding skills: Learners need to be able to navigate the digital environment and have an understanding of different texts/platforms to critically interpret what is being presented

Analyzing: Learners need to be able to use different texts/platforms to make meaning and informed judgment from others views combined with their own

Meaning Making: Learners need to be able to construct meaning and an understanding of what digital literacy is presenting

Persona: Learners need to identify their own individual opinion and viewpoint of a text/platform using what they have read and used to help inform them of the topic or text

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How does culturally responsive teaching fit in?

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How does culturally responsive teaching fit in?

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Culturally responsive teaching is a researched-based approach that focuses on the connections between what student(s) learn in school and their cultures, languages, personal experiences(i.e., their community). When a teacher practices culturally responsive practices within the classroom, it helps our students relate to the material being learned, which allows them to develop a deeper understanding of the content. And even make personal connections to the material as well. The ISTE standards, similar to the CCSS, are a set of standards that create a sort of guideline for teachers to follow and pace their students, keeping students of the same age/grade levels exposed to the same content/ mastery level of skills related to technology across the state/ country. Similar to the CCSS, the standards are very basic, and although they set what students are required to know, they are often not relatable to our students. By practicing culturally responsive strategies when relating to the ISTE standards, it can help our students develop deeper understandings of what is being asked of them/ create a personal connection to what is being learned or asked. It also helps them feel acknowledged and appreciated when they see references to their cultures, ethnicity, languages, etc.