The ISTE standards (teacher or student) are hardly ever mentioned in the professional development of teachers. I find all of them to be increasingly important as our society continues down the technological path. I personally find the first standard, "facilitate and inspire student creativity" to be the most intriguing to me as a teacher because it compliments the mathematical practice standards. It is asking students to engage in creative thinking to solve real world issues with collaboration. The technology just becomes a tool to help in this process. I am working to revamp my lesson plans to include technology as much as possible. Student access is always an issue.
The ISTE standards for students are written for students to work through a problem solving plan, with the end result being presentation. The standards can not really stand alone on their own. I would lean more towards the creative thinking, problem solving, and decision making standard as the one I would emphasis the most because once again, it flows with the CCSS math practice standards. I am writing lessons that present the students with an open ended problem with limited information. The will work together (using technology collaborative tools) to problem solve, research, and share solutions to the problems.
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