According to Andrew Church "the 21st century teachers are characterized by certain holistic and student centered features", some of the skills mentioned are teachers need to be "adapters, communicators,learners, collaborators, visionaries, risk takers, leaders and role models". This is a tall order for a single human being, which is why one of the most important skills of the 21st century is collaboration. Though I have been colloborating in my department and EAL department, I need to expand this beyond school borders. This collaboration needs to be on sharing assessments, lesson plans and setting up connection through Skype for regular interaction with another school/schools.
Learning a language is an important 21st century learning skill in itself, but I am the first to admit that I need to inject some more creativity into my teaching process. Hence, I am trying to present the same information in different ways.I am also interested in the use of social networks, which I think can be very beneficial to a foreign language class.
I have made a concerted effort this year to be more a facilitator than a teacher, encouraging my students to work together and using google docs. I have tried to diversify the form of information in my classes by incorporating youtube videos. While these are important steps I want to take this a step further so as to teach students by incorporating more technology and fulfill the needs of a technological society that is constantly in flux.
Additionally I have to take initiative to be proactive towards including cyberethics concepts in my lessons. Another area which I need to work on is interdisciplinary thematic units for grades 9 and 10. I have already taken a big step forward by contacting a school in the UK who have succesfully revised their curriculum, but I am not averse to working more on the same.
References:
Church, A in http://educationaltech-med.blogspot.com/2011/01/21st-century-skills-teachers-should.html
Learning a language is an important 21st century learning skill in itself, but I am the first to admit that I need to inject some more creativity into my teaching process. Hence, I am trying to present the same information in different ways.I am also interested in the use of social networks, which I think can be very beneficial to a foreign language class.
I have made a concerted effort this year to be more a facilitator than a teacher, encouraging my students to work together and using google docs. I have tried to diversify the form of information in my classes by incorporating youtube videos. While these are important steps I want to take this a step further so as to teach students by incorporating more technology and fulfill the needs of a technological society that is constantly in flux.
Additionally I have to take initiative to be proactive towards including cyberethics concepts in my lessons. Another area which I need to work on is interdisciplinary thematic units for grades 9 and 10. I have already taken a big step forward by contacting a school in the UK who have succesfully revised their curriculum, but I am not averse to working more on the same.
References:
Church, A in http://educationaltech-med.blogspot.com/2011/01/21st-century-skills-teachers-should.html
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