ISTE Standards

Empowered Learner Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.
See the Empowered Learner standards in action.  Empowered Learner Playlist
1a
Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes.
1b
Students build networks and customize their learning environments in ways that support the learning process.
1c
Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways..
1d
Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.

Learner 1b Pursue professional interests by creating and actively participating in local and global learning networks.

LearnerEducators continually improve their practice by learning from and with others and exploring proven and promising practices that leverage technology to improve student learning. Educators:a. Set professional learning goals to explore and apply pedagogical approaches made possible by technology and reflect on their effectiveness.b. Pursue professional interests by creating and actively participating in local and global learning networks.c. Stay current with research that supports improved student learning outcomes, including findings from the learning sciences

Citizen: Educators inspire students to positively contribute to and responsibly participate in the digital world. 

Designer: Educators design authentic, learner-driven activities and environments that recognize and accommodate learner variability. 

ISTE Standard 5a: Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.

Citizen: Educators inspire students to positively contribute to and responsibly participate in the digital world.

Collaborator: Educators dedicate time to collaborate with both colleagues and students to improve practice, discover and share resources and ideas, and solve problems. 

ISTE Standard: Collaborator 4C - Use collaborative tools to expand students’ authentic, real-world learning experiences by engaging virtually with experts, teams and students, locally and globally.

I think this standard sums up what using twitter as an educator and using it in the classroom is meant for. We can use twitter to virtually engage with a number of experts and even with our students which is extremely beneficial to both the educator and the student.

7. Global CollaboratorStudents use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.
Students:
a. use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, engaging with them in ways that broaden mutual understanding and learning.
b. use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers, experts or community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.
c. contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal.
d. explore local and global issues and use collaborative technologies to work with others to investigate solutions.

7. 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 get exposure to interaction with others outside of their community, and learn how to have appropriate manners in the digital world. 

3. Citizen Educators inspire students to positively contribute to and responsibly participate in the digital world. Educators: b. Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online resources and fosters digital literacy and media fluency.

Educators inspire students to positively contribute to and responsibly participate in the digital world.
Educators:
a. Create experiences for learners to make positive, socially responsible contributions and exhibit empathetic behavior online that build relationships and community.
b. Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online resources and fosters digital literacy and media fluency.
c. Mentor students in the safe, legal and ethical practices with digital tools and the protection of intellectual rights and property.
d. Model and promote management of personal data and digital identity and protect student data privacy.