EDUC 95- Lesson 1

• modern society


  is ushered in by a dramatic technology revolution
• 21st century schools


  became an innovation in education
• implications for teachers


  they must discover student interest
• implications for teachers


  they must instill curiosity
• implications for teachers


  they must excite learners to become more resourceful
• 21st century curriculum


  it has critical attributes such as interdisciplinary, and project-based and research-driven
• curriculum and instruction


  imbued with the concept of differentiation
• the 21st century learning environment


  an ideal learning environment
• techer in the 21st century pedagogy


  technologies are not ends themselves
• students 


  digital natives
• educators


  digital immigrants
• (prensky, 2001)


  learners are digital natives and educators are digital immigrants
• preschoolers


  easily navigates through electronic and multimedia devices
• 21st century skills


  learning, literacy, and life skills
• learning skills


  critical and creative thinking, collaborating, and communicating
• literacy skills


  information, technology, and media skills
• life skills


  flexibility, leadership, initiative, social skills, and productivity
• 21st century learning implications


  relevant to all academic areas
• schools and teacher


  they should use a variety of applied skills
• 8 attributes of 21st century education

  1. integrated and interdisciplinary
  2. technologies and multimedia
  3. global classrooms
  4. student-centered
  5. 21st century skills
  6. project-based and research-driven
  7. relevant, rigorous, and real-world
• integrated and interdisciplinary


  interfacing various disciplines
• technologies and multimedia


  optimum use of available information
• global classrooms


  produce global citizens
• student-centered


  students as learners while addressing their needs
• 21 century skills


  skills needed in becoming productive members of society
• project-based and research-driven


  emphasizes data and informations
• relevant, rigorous, and real-world


  connects to real-life experiences
• 21st century teaching-learning environment


  it becomes more complicated
• characteristics of a 21st century educator

  1. multi-literate
  2. multi-skilled
  3. multi-specialist
  4. lifelong learner
  5. self-directed
  6. flexible
  7. creative problem-solver
  8. critical thinker
  9. has a passion for excellent teaching
  10. high emotional qotient
• multi-literate


  uses various technologies in teaching
• multi-skilled


  cope with the demand for widening learning opportunities
• multi-specialist


  knowledgeable in other areas
• self-directed


  responsible
• lifelong learner


  learning never ends
• flexible 


  adapts to various learning styles
• creative problem-solver


  create innovative ideas
• critical thinker


  encourages students to reflect on what they have learned
• has a passion for excellent teaching


  possess passion in the teaching profession
• high emotional quotient


  teachers must have the heart to teach
• 21st century technology tools for learning

  1. affinity groups
  2. webkinz
  3. blog
  4. semantic web
  5. e-portfolio
  6. wiki
  7. myspace
  8. hypertext
  9. podcasts
  10. web 2.0
  11. second life