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.

Pay attention! (Using Techology in Your Teaching)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEFKfXiCbLw&feature=related


I watched the "Pay attention!" Video.
It really made me pay attention about the subject.

I totally agree with the opinions on video.
The students in nowadays are  digital generation.
They are very used to use computers and mordern technologies.
I have 6 year old neice who can handle all technologies.
Nobody taught her how to use computers, internet and cell phones but sometims she made me surprised. I didn't know my cell phone had such a many kinds of functions before she found and let me know them.

However in the reality in school is quite different that chileren expected.
The teacher teach this digital generation using old methods so the students feel boring and tired.
Before we scold them and blame them, we have to think about  what we have to change.

We have to find out to make them being interested in school works and studying.
If we try to find the way, there will be a way.
Using technology can be an effective way for grasping our students' interest.
If we have difficulties to find the good way of using techonolgy, we can ask our students what the good way  is. Maybe they have better idea than teachers.

As the video suggested, we can use our cell phone text messages for our writing class of second laguage. That would be a creative way for both of us;students and teachers.

After I watched this video, I really want to find a creative way for teaching language using technology. I think I have to make an effort to seach and collect the materials about this issue. 

Let's make the students think language learning  is interesting! 
If I can make that, I will use the technology even though I have to spend more time to do this!