The Teacher of Today!

                                                  The Teacher of Today!

I think a teacher of today  is  like a provider and connector which means teachers don’t have to teach everything.  The main work for teacher can be absolutely teaching but that is not only work for today’s teachers. George Siemens said in his articles that “Including technology  and connection making as learning  activities begins to move learning theories into a digital age.  We can no longer personally experience and acquire learning that we need to act. We drive our competence from forming connections. “ Traditional education theories are not enough to fulfill our students needs so the teachers had to change their minds for catch the student’s interest and also follow up all the provided information through internet.

Therefore today’s teacher should be familiar with this new theory called “Connectivism”. Siemens is saying that “connectivism is driven by the understanding that decisions are based on rapidly altering foundations. “. Among the tons of information,  teacher should know what is important and what is unimportant because decision-making is itself a learning process.

In addition to that, connectivism is very useful for teachers to stay current for their professional fields. Siemens mentioned on the video that “what we know today is not as important as our ability to continue to stay current. So if what I know today is going to change because the knowledge changes rapidly. If I am not continuing the  learning I might  become obsolete in  my particular field or particular knowledge space. The solution is using network because network continue evolve and reform itself.” Teacher should try to develop themselves in the education parts because learning is a continual process, lasting for a life time as Siemens mentioned.  If the teacher can do not only teaching but also providing good materials from others (using technology), they can be a good teacher that nowadays education field requires. This is because learning is no longer individual activity but it is about ability to use a variety sources though internet and modern technology. Therefore teachers should make an effort to adjust this new current.  

http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Jan_05/article01.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpbkdeyFxZw&feature=PlayList&p=3E43054A8703F57A&index=4 Retrieved January 10, 2009.