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Topic
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Summary
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Analysis
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Future
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1.
What does it
mean to teach in the 21st century?
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It
is the 21st century world but we are still using the same old
method – delivering content and facts though we plan some activities to make
learning fun. Teachers are now not the main source of information as our
digital natives can find information from many other sources now in this
digital world. Our responsibility now is to help them find the right kind of
information at the right sites. It is not just feeding them with information
but to ENGAGE them so that they develop skills and not just learn mere facts.
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Delivering
content and facts to children of this digital world would be boring so to
make children interested in learning we need to engage them properly and
meaningfully. I remembered the words by the Former Chief Justice Lyonpo Sonam
Tobgay in the meeting at the DYS hall “Self-Satisfaction is the starting of
downfall.” So, as a teacher we should be satisfied with what we learnt and
gained but should crave for more knowledge and experiences and our doors are
already opened. So, we can now gain more ICT knowledge by interacting with
our tutor and our friends.
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Our
role is seen as OBSOLETE because we had been using the same old teaching
methods and teach the content and facts and not skills. To cater to the my
children I will now use ICT in my lessons as teachers are not just the
resource to get information but children can get it from anywhere.
It
is important to engage children rather than entertain children. It makes
learning active and in a fun way. So, I would keep this in mind while
planning my daily lessons.
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2.
What are the
21st century skills?
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The
21st Century Skills are:
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Critical Thinking
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Media Literacy
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Communication
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Collaboration
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Information Literacy
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Creativity
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The
teachers teaching in the 21st Century should guide and support our
children to posses this skills.
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The curriculum needs to be
designed and implemented that integrates the 21st Century skills
into the classroom.
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I feel that teaching strategies
like the Project- Approach can be focused to encourage collaboration and
critical thinking.
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Though integrating technology
into the instruction can enhance learning but we are in short of resources.
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Our classroom teaching and
learning should foster student’s creativity.
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Teachers
can make a difference by an action or lack of action. Accordingly to bring
some changes in the teaching style, we need to think of these skills and plan
accordingly. In our daily teaching we can have activities like colorings and
instead of letting children use individual crayons packs we can offer just a
packet to encourage sharing and taking –turns to foster social skills.
I
will also promote teamwork whereby students learn the skills as they interact
with each other. We can design some lesson using ICT and can take children to
the IT lab to inculcate these skills.
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3.
ICT for
Education
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Meaning and
definition
ICT-
Information and Communication Technology are technological tools and
resources used to communicate, to create, disseminate, store and manage
information.
Various forms of
Information
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Text
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Audio
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Video
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Graphics
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Flash (multimedia)
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Data-base (students)- is a
collection of related information.
Various file format
of Information
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Text Files- MS word document
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Data Files- ppt.
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Audio Files- mp3
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Video files- flv
We
were then introduced to Teacher sites .Teacher sites help meet the needs of
the teachers. It also has resources that the teachers needs and shares
teaching ideas and has lesson plans for teachers to refer to. This site
enhances own teaching methods
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The
session talked about using ICT in education.
The participants had a lot to say about using ICT in our daily lessons
which is only possible if our classes possess a computer and other
accessories needed to carry out the lesson.
Teachers are trained on using computer skills and are given refresher
courses to make them fully equipped but as teacher get back to schools they
forget because they don’t use it. It can only enhance our teaching and
learning process using ICT if we are provided with the facilities.
Discussions
on various forms and format of Information made us realize why files open in
one computer but do not in the other. It is because we need the software to
support the file format in our computers.
The
teacher sites would help us find information on different subjects which will
help us design activities which will engage children and make learning
fun.
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I
have come to learn the importance of ICT in Education and now I would use it
in my lessons though the facilities are limited. Our school has a LCD
projector and I will make best of it by using it to begin my lessons with the
new technology.
We
can plan lessons using it when we take leave from work as we can capture what
we want children to do during the period. The activities can be made and then
uploaded so that the lesson is still continued without our presence. As a
saying goes “Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing
still.” It may take some time to practically do it but it’s never too late to
try it out now.
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