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- 1. The 21st Century Teacher THERE ARE ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR DIGITAL LEARNERS THAT TEACHERS SHOULD CONSIDER IN GIVING APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES AND ASSESSMENTS TO THEIR LEARNERS.
- 2. The characteristics that 21st Century Teacher should acquire 1. The Adaptor The Teacher must be able to adapt to a dynamic teaching experience. They must also be able to adapt our teaching style to be inclusive of different models of learning. They must also be able to adapt software and hardware designed for a business model into tools utilizable by a variety of age groups and abilities.
- 3. 2. The Visionary The visionary teacher can look at the others ideas and envisage how they would use this in their class. They also looks across disciplines and through the curricula. They must see the potential in the emerging tools and web technologies, grasps these and manipulate them to serve their needs.
- 4. 3. The Collaborator The teacher must be able to leverage the collaborative tools to enhance and captivate the learners attention. They must be collaborators; sharing, contributing, adapting and inventing.
- 5. 4. The Risk taker The teacher must take risks and some times surrender yourself to the student knowledge. Have a vision of what you want and what the technology can achieve, identify the goals and facilitate the learning. Use the strengths of the digital natives to understand and navigate new products. The learning pyramid shows that the highest retention of knowledge comes from teaching others.
- 6. 5. The Learner The 21st Century teacher must endeavor to stay current, they mu8st continue to absorb new possibilities and experience. They must learn and adapt.
- 7. 6. The Communicator The 21st Century teacher are fluent in tools and technologies that enable communication and collaboration. They must know how to use different media in communication.
- 8. 7. The Model The Digital Teacher must model the behaviors that are expected from the students. They also model reflective practice, whether it’s the quiet, personal inspection of their teaching and learning.
- 9. 8. The Leader Leadership, like clear goals and objectives is crucial to the success or failure of any project.
- 10. FACILITATING 21st CENTURY LEARNING The 3 factors that educators are deliberately considering in the implementation of Technology in Education; 1. Resources The physical and electronic tools and materials available to the teacher in the classroom. Ex. Interactive whiteboards, classroom desktop computers, and etc.
- 11. 2. Skills 2 Categories of skills; Technical skills, refers to the ability to operate the resources provided to you. Pedagogical skills, refers to the more important of the two. It is the ability to use variety of suitable pedagogical strategies is key to integration.
- 12. 3. Curriculum The integration of curricula that support ICT integration are dynamic. The use of ICT is mandatory and global, inclusive and specific. The teachers encourage using digital approaches Teaching drives the technology rather than technology driving the teaching.
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