Using Technology for Teaching and Learning in the 21stCentury Classroom
Gayla Cole-Bright
On the road to an innovative future...
Teachers can work to build virtual environments for the students
Technology as a tool Relevant to the student, relevant to learning Cell phones, email, iPods, iPads, etc.
Built in support system with teachers, parents, and students. Cooperative scheduling process More individualized learning Increased parental involvement
Bridging the Gap: Learning and Technology
Triad of Characteristics
21st Century Teaching
21st Century teaching involves embracing the evolution of teaching. This role extends beyond the role of simple instructor to facilitation of the overall learning process. This facilitation is complimented and largely guided with the various innovations of technology.
21st Century Teachers
Just as the 21st Century teaching, classroom, and learners have certain qualities, so does the teacher of the future.
Early adopters Fully embrace the new technologies
Middle grounders Struggle with implementing new technologies
Non conformists Refuse to make technology inclusive into instruction
21st Century Learners
The 21st Century Learner comes equipped with the newest technologies
Interact through social media, blogs, and wikis
Taking in lectures through smart phones and i Pods
Communicating and working with laptops and PDAs
Innovation Abound...
Elements of the 21st Century Classroom
SMART Technologies Includes devices that give students are larger role in
their own learning process. Interactive Whiteboard Projector Teacher Computer Student Devices Audio system Interactive response device
Technology and Teaching...Making A World of Difference
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