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Permissions & Licensing

Use the ISTE Standards for Free

Permitted educational use: Free

ISTE encourages free use of the ISTE Standards for noncommercial educational purposes under our permitted educational use agreement. This agreement grants you permission to download, link to, digitally publish and/or import the standards onto your intranet or other digital platform.

Permitted educational use includes using the ISTE Standards to:

  • Guide learning and teaching.

  • Help educators create lesson, curriculum and technology plans.

  • Inform graduate and academic work (papers, portfolios, theses, dissertations, research projects, course materials, etc.).

  • Frame job descriptions, requirements and goals.

Include the Standards in a Book, eBook

Reprints: Fee by volume

Our reprint agreement allows use of the ISTE Standards in print and digital assets, including books and ebooks. The fee for fewer than 1,000 copies is $200 per set of standards; the fee for more than 1,000 copies is $350 per set of standards. ISTE members receive a 10% discount.

Please contact standards@iste.org to arrange a reprint agreement.

Use the Standards Commercially

Commercial digital use: Contact ISTE

Commercial use of the ISTE Standards requires a commercial digital use agreement. Please contact standards@iste.org.

Other Uses

Consultants, independent content providers and other users not mentioned here should email standards@iste.org to obtain permissions.

Copyright Requirements

Any use of the ISTE Standards requires attribution as specified below:

ISTE Standards © 2024 4.01, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), iste.org. All rights reserved.