For Students
Creative Communicator ​
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Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.
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Innovative Designer ​
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Know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems.
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For Educators
Citizen ​
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Create experiences for learners to make positive, socially responsible contributions and build inclusive communities online.
The ISTE Standards Addressed
This innovative mental health project empowers educators to help students use technology—such as emotion-sensing robots, interactive platforms, games, chatbots, and wellness tools—to meet diverse emotional needs and enhance academic and social outcomes. Students take part in a structured design process (empathizing, defining, ideating, prototyping, and testing) to create solutions for real-world emotional challenges and foster inclusive communities. They also build emotional intelligence and digital fluency by expressing themselves through blogs, podcasts, and multimedia projects tailored to specific audience
The ascd Principles
The Transformational Learning Principles are a set of evidence-based practices that highlight the most essential elements of effective learning. They bring focus and a common language to the shared work of ensuring all students have access toimpactful and joyful learning experiences. While centered on instructional interactions and approaches, the Principles provide a frame of reference for leaders and school communities for supporting teachers and students in the process of reimagining learning.
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Cultivate Belonging
Educators prioritize relationship building in physical and virtual spaces. They strive to create learning cultures that ensure students’ safety and belonging and foster durable skills such as empathy, creativity, and collaboration.
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Ensure Opportunity
Educators are responsive to students‘ cultural and developmental contexts. They celebrate and build on students’ unique experiences, strengths, and voices. They reduce barriers to meaningful learning for all students.
The ascd Principles Addressed
The project uses inclusive, technology-enhanced activities—like emotion-responsive robots, podcasts, and collaborative games—to build a strong sense of belonging. By developing culturally sensitive, student-created mental health resources, it reduces barriers to support and expands opportunity. The initiative fosters a safe, empowering environment where learners can recognize emotional challenges, set goals, and design creative solutions, helping them feel seen, supported, and motivated to succeed both academically and socially.
