PH1. Adapting
Harnessed as we are to an assessment-focused education model, the 21st century educator must be able to adapt the curriculum and the requirements to teach to the curriculum in imaginative ways.
Educators must be able to adapt software and hardware designed for a business model into tools to be used by a variety of age groups and abilities.
Educators must also be able to adapt to a dynamic teaching experience.
When it all goes wrong in the middle of a class, when the technologies fail, the show must go on
2. Being Visionary
Imagination is a crucial component of the educator of today and tomorrow.
Educators must look across the disciplines and through the curricula; they must see the potential in the emerging tools and web technologies, grasp these and manipulate them to serve their needs.
If we look at the technologies we currently see emerging, how many are developed for education?
The visionary teacher can look at others' ideas and envisage how they would use these in their class.
3. Collaborating
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Educators too, must be collaborators:
There is so much to learn. How can you as an educator know all these things?
Educators expect their students to be life-long learners. Teachers must continue to absorb experiences and knowledge, as well. They must endeavour to stay current.
I wonder: "How many people are still using their lesson and unit plans from five years ago?"
To be a teacher, you must learn and adapt as the horizons and landscapes change.
6. Communicating
To have anywhere, anytime learning, the teacher must be anywhere and anytime.
The 21st century teacher is fluent in tools and technologies that enable communication and collaboration. They go beyond learning just how to communicate and collaborate; they also know how to:
There is an expectation that teachers will teach values, so we must model the behaviors that we expect from our students.
Teachers are often the most consistent part of students' life, seeing them more often, for longer and more reliably than even students' parents.
The 21st century educator also models tolerance, global awareness, and reflective practice, whether it is the quiet, personal inspection of their teaching and learning, or through You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. and other media, effective educators look both inwards and outwards.
8. Leading
Whether they are a champion of the process of You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. integration, a quiet technology coach, the 21st century educator is a leader.
Like clear goals and objectives, leadership is crucial to the success or failure of any project.
Harnessed as we are to an assessment-focused education model, the 21st century educator must be able to adapt the curriculum and the requirements to teach to the curriculum in imaginative ways.
Educators must be able to adapt software and hardware designed for a business model into tools to be used by a variety of age groups and abilities.
Educators must also be able to adapt to a dynamic teaching experience.
When it all goes wrong in the middle of a class, when the technologies fail, the show must go on
2. Being Visionary
Imagination is a crucial component of the educator of today and tomorrow.
Educators must look across the disciplines and through the curricula; they must see the potential in the emerging tools and web technologies, grasp these and manipulate them to serve their needs.
If we look at the technologies we currently see emerging, how many are developed for education?
The visionary teacher can look at others' ideas and envisage how they would use these in their class.
3. Collaborating
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Educators too, must be collaborators:
- Sharing,
- contributing,
adapting
inventing.
There is so much to learn. How can you as an educator know all these things?
- You must take risks and sometimes surrender yourself to the students' 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 You do not have permission to view the full content of this post.
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trust your students
Educators expect their students to be life-long learners. Teachers must continue to absorb experiences and knowledge, as well. They must endeavour to stay current.
I wonder: "How many people are still using their lesson and unit plans from five years ago?"
To be a teacher, you must learn and adapt as the horizons and landscapes change.
6. Communicating
To have anywhere, anytime learning, the teacher must be anywhere and anytime.
The 21st century teacher is fluent in tools and technologies that enable communication and collaboration. They go beyond learning just how to communicate and collaborate; they also know how to:
- facilitate,
- stimulate
control, - moderate
manage communication and collaboration.
There is an expectation that teachers will teach values, so we must model the behaviors that we expect from our students.
Teachers are often the most consistent part of students' life, seeing them more often, for longer and more reliably than even students' parents.
The 21st century educator also models tolerance, global awareness, and reflective practice, whether it is the quiet, personal inspection of their teaching and learning, or through You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. and other media, effective educators look both inwards and outwards.
8. Leading
Whether they are a champion of the process of You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. integration, a quiet technology coach, the 21st century educator is a leader.
Like clear goals and objectives, leadership is crucial to the success or failure of any project.