Microsoft Class Teams enables educators to collaborate with students while seamlessly integrating assignments, assessments, and applications directly into the Team

ISTE Standards

Citizen

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

3a. Create experiences for learners to make positive, socially responsible contributions and exhibit empathetic behavior online that build relationships and community.

3b. Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online resources and fosters digital literacy and media fluency.

Collaborator

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

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

Designer

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

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

5b. Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning.

Facilitator

Educators facilitate learning with technology to support student achievement of the ISTE Standards for Students. Educators:

6d. Model and nurture creativity and creative expression to communicate ideas, knowledge or connections.

Analyst

Educators understand and use data to drive their instruction and support students in achieving their learning goals. Educators:

7a. Provide alternative ways for students to demonstrate competency and reflect on their learning using technology.

7b. Use technology to design and implement a variety of formative and summative assessments that accommodate learner needs, provide timely feedback to students and inform instruction.

7c. Use assessment data to guide progress and communicate with students, parents and education stakeholders to build student self-direction.