"Teachers have always held the key to student success. But their role is changing. The ISTE Standards·T define the new skills and pedagogical insights educators need to teach, work and learn in the digital age."
You can find inspirational ideas on the Pinterest site. Listed in this post are a few good Pinterest ideas for teachers: best apps, websites, virtual fieldtrips and classroom ideas.
"Post about how the SAMR model can be applied as a blueprint scaffolding your technology integration into education in the classroom. It offers a framework through which you can assess and evaluate the technology you use in your classroom. This framework is made up of 4 levels: Substitution, Augmentation, Modification and Redefinition"
Teachers must become comfortable with becoming co-learners if they are to remain relevant to students in a technology rich learning economy.
The effect of "learners as producers" as they post, comment and add value to their friends' posts is incredible. The multiplier effects of such means of transfer of knowledge are far-reaching. It goes beyond what a teacher can necessarily and possibly teach within the confines of the formal contact hours. The combination of synchronous and asynchronous learning has definitely enriched students' as well as the teacher's learning.
Teachers won't be redundant in the new technology rich learning economy, but they will need to adapt as conditions change, becoming guides and mentors rather than instructors. summary via Judy O'Connell
Listing the traits that make an the ideal 21st teacher. Post tries to answer What does an educational professional need to be or do to tune in and synchronize with the new realities silently emerging inside schools and educational environments?