http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/06/traditional-teachers-vs-21st-century.html
When I become a teacher I want to :
- Collaborative work will be just as important as individual work
- PBL ( project based learning) won't just be an acronym
- Edit, remix, and share media with my students
- Learn from my students
- Expect change
- Create my own personal learning network
- Add students on my space in Facebook
- Encourage appropriate online interaction
- I won't fear technology , I ll embrace it
- Create positive learning environments
Another inspiring video for teachers who want some change:
Hello, Daniela!
ReplyDeleteI was impressed by inspiring video for teachers in your blog. I also like your vision of a teacher of the 21st century and completely agree with you on this point. We have to admit that most of the pursuits one way or another are connected with bringing technology into teaching and learning processes. If a teacher feels free in using technology he/she actively integrates it in his/her work with students. With the help of technology a teacher inspires online collaboration adding students on his/her space in social networks, and creating personal learning network he/she simultaneously creates positive learning environment outside the classroom that is gradually transferring into the classroom.
Hi Viktoria,
DeleteI totally agree that with the help of technology, we can increase the motivation of our students. We also bring them to the focus of the learning process, where they are not any passive learners but they are actively searching for more information to analyze, process and then use it for their benefits.
Let's hope that we will all be successful in this particular aspects. I find it quite challenging!
Best,
Daniela
Hi Daniela,
ReplyDeleteI want to become a 21st century teacher like you! I totally agree with what you listed as the goals you intend to reach to become a "modern" teacher. Especially, when you mentioned about the collaborative work should be valued the same status with the individual work. Thanks to technology, we then have lots of opportunities to give ourselves and students spaces to learn outside the classroom. However, we need to take privacy and cyberbullying into consideration.
Hi Yu-Zhen,
DeleteYou are right as privacy and cyberbullying is becoming a great concern nowadays. I think that a teacher can avoid it by closely monitoring all the discussion that takes place on the web or by working closely with the students.
I know it is not easy to deal with it. However, in our culture and at the University level where I teach, for the moment that is not a concern.
It is still an issue to be considered by my students who will be teaching at lower levels. Thank you for bringing it to my attention so we can highlight it with our students.
All the best,
Daniela
Hi Daniela,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations for the great expectations you had in mind as you were planning to be a teacher and I think that even if a teacher ventures into the field of teaching only for prestige or money, he/she will end up doing his best to become 'a teacher+'. By 'a teacher+' I mean a guy who doesnt' only teach but who seeks whatever it takes to keep the love and trust between him/her and his/her students. Personally, I have never been satisfied with being a good teacher because good teachers TEACH while best teachers CREATE. My wish for you is that you haven't found reality somehow disappointing, have you?
Best,
Omar.
Hi Omar,
DeleteThank you for the comment you left. Following closely our group discussions, I have been impressed by the depth of your insights, and I still am. When I first started to work as a teacher, the only thing I had in mind was to follow the best model of my previous teachers and to learn from their mistakes. This guided me for a while, however, things changed since new perspectives emerged and you have to keep up with the time you are living in. Thus, my expectations changed according to the new context where I am teaching. Along with the new expectations,certainly your satisfaction is not the same. However, I am happy that at least I am trying to make some changes and adapt my teaching as I go along.
Disappointing? Well, nothing goes smoothly there are moments when you feel disappointed and tired. But that is the profession I chose to do, because I am satisfied when I teach and learn a new thing every day.
Regards,
Daniela