Our Future Problem Solving process fulfills a wide variety of education standards. Teachers can easily tailor Future Problem Solving content to meet their specific education system and local requirements as needed.
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) believes that students must be prepared to thrive in an evolving technological landscape. The ISTE Standards for Students guide educators in increasing student voice and choice in their own learning.
Alignment to ISTE Standards for Students
Our students learn skills that align directly to the student section of the ISTE Standards, designed to empower student voice and ensure that learning is a student-driven process.
Empowered Learner
Students develop their own learning environments through their program, topic, and project choices.
Digital Citizen
Students engage in research online and learn to honor the intellectual property of others in their competition documentation.
Knowledge Constructor
Students learn from a diverse range of sources as they research real-world issues and implement community projects.
Innovative Designer
Students engage in our 6-step problem-solving process which has many connections to design thinking processes.
Computational Thinker
Students engaged in data collection and analysis during the problem-solving process.
Creative Communicator
Students create promotional and informational materials using digital tools to share their hard work and community projects.
Global Collaborator
Students work collaboratively to engage in research and conversation about real-world issues that impact global communities.
Program connections
Future Problem Solving students create and produce multimedia presentations and use a variety of digital tools in preparation for competition. By engaging in our programming, both students and their coaches develop skills needed to adapt to a more technological future.
Global Issues
Students use digital tools to engage in research to prepare them for competition and to deepen their understanding of real-world issues.
Community Projects
Students create a promotional video to share their project with their community, as well as a portfolio to represent the breadth of their work. Students also use a variety of digital tools to organize and plan their work.
Creative Writing and Storytelling
Students use digital tools to plan and create narratives about an imagined future, based on current events and research of global issues.
