“As teachers, we are bombarded with the urge to use the latest, shiny technology, we must keep our fingers on the pulse of technology.” Steve Taylor-Knowles
In other words, we must know how to use technology – not a choice anymore, but we need to know how to apply the necessary criteria to choose what to adopt or discard.
Teachers are a very complex sort of animal. On the one hand, we are open-minded and willing to learn. On the other hand, we’re afraid of change, including new technologies, feeling burdened by having to learn a new tool, which might result in more work, more time requirements, more tasks and chores.
Our real challenge is to go digital.
1. Digital course management –
Teachers have to get familiar with different learning management systems (LSM).
We can build data on students. What’s been done? What scores? What new plans or strategies?
2. Course Content Delivery
Resources: digital content allows for more material than what would be possible in a physical context. Both teacher and students can and should use their mobile phones as great learning tools.
3. Digital Competence –
Literacy – today (August 06, 2018), the Brazilian Newspaper O Estado de São Paulo published a poll informing that 3 out of 10 Brazilians are functionally illiterate. Now, how many teachers are functionally digitally illiterate today?
So… dear teachers, embrace technology and start learning.
Cheers,
Mo
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