At Great English School, the 7 ISTE Standards provide a roadmap for our students to navigate the digital world safely, solve problems with critical thinking, and build the essential skills needed for a successful future.
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. For example, if a student struggles with maths, he can start solving basic problems gradually and proceed to difficult problems.
Digital citizen: - Students recognize the responsibilities and opportunities for positively contributing to their digital communities. For example, verifying the information before reposting it or creating a strong password for your account.
Knowledge constructor: - Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others. For example, students research topics and learn instead of just reading textbook.
Innovative Designer: - Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions. For example, merging art, science, and technology to create interactive, sustainable environments that improve urban life and fight the climate crisis.
Computational 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. For example, creating pattern recognition by observing traffic is constantly high on Thursdays as its weekend in Kuwait.
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. For example, design interactive slides, screencasts, or animations rather than relying solely on text to explain data.
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. An example includes a public-private global health partnership that has helped vaccinate over a billion children worldwide, preventing millions of future deaths.