Teacher in a Digital Era:
Changing Roles and
Competencies
EDU 03 Technology and Communication in
Education.
Submitted to,
Ms Laiji R
Assistant Professor
Mount Tabor Training College
Submitted By,
Diya Susan Alex
Jessin Raji
Lekshmi R S
Parvathy B R
Prabhav A K
R V Bhagya Lekshmi
Rijo M John
Sandhya S

The Modern Classroom
Students Grow up in a tech world
Earlier classrooms used paper and pen.
But modern classrooms do not need
these
Teachers must advance with it.
Mastering ICT skills and utilizing ICT
towards creating an improved teaching
and learning environment is of utmost
importance to teachers in creating new
learning culture

Role of Teacher in Digital Era
 As a professional practitioner, the teacher is likely to
become a Role model or standard for his or her students.
 The teacher should also be a subject developer.
 Teachers role in the 21st century has become more
complex in todays changing world were knowledge is
almost unlimited.
 Teachers are expected to become technologically
oriented & responsible not only for their teaching but
also for their students learning

 Technology involving everyday ,therefore they must
have the ability to grasp new things more quickly or
equiently as compered to their students.
 In this web based learning culture, technical skills &
critical thinking are equally important for a tutor. So that
they can think out of box.

 If the teachers has all these qualities, then she will capable
of facilitating better learning in the classroom & online
environments.
 Effectively utilising digital media tools.
 Working with students & help them to grasp new learning
opportunities.
 Using global education platform perfectly for regular
update.

The Changing Role of Teacher
PAST PRESENT
Source of knowledge Source of information
Leader Facilitator
Educator Supporter
Psychologist Expert
Freetime Activity Organiser Entertainer
Authority Manager
Family and parent Advisor
Expert co- learner
Transmitter Co-ordinator
Preacher Social butterfly

• Produce and manage learning
documents.
• Analyse quantitative data.
• Organize information graphically.

Research
• Use effective online search strategies.
• Evaluate and compare online
information and sources.
• Save and cite online information and
sources.

 Communicate using digital tools.
 Collaborate online for learning.
 Publish learning resources
online.

Media
Differentiate instruction with digital media.
• Awareness of assistive technologies for disabled students
• The ability to use a computer to prepare and present academic
ideas in a variety of forms for better learning by all students.
Capture and edit images, audio, and video.
• Use digital still and video cameras, edit their output on a
computer
• Produce learning materials that range from simple slide
shows to the archiving of student presentations and
performances.

Produce digital multimedia educational experiences.
• The teacher can combine media from a wide array of
sources into a useful presentation of academic content
• Can teach skills to students.
Presentation
Create effective digital presentations.
• Use common tools for preparing slide shows, videos, and
podcasts.
• The teacher can create presentations that follow the
principles of communication.
• Apply the principles to the evaluation of students' digital
work.

Employ new media devices for learning.
• Large Smart Boards to tiny iPods
• Teacher can incorporate a variety of digital devices into the
instruction in the classroom.
• More specific l skills required of a high school math teacher or a
teacher of visually-impaired students.
• Competencies that would be embedded into specialized courses
and program

Strategies for Preparing Teachers to Use Technologies
Encouraging Teachers to Acquire Necessary Skills:
• Technologies as a demand of time
• A set of tools they did not ask for not know to use.
Providing sustained support for Teachers’ use of Technologies:
• Teachers to acquire knowledge and skills in how to use technologies.
• Teachers begin to acquires such skills and begin to use technologies .

• A need to provide support to teacher use of technologies.
Evaluating Teacher Use of Technologies:
• The issue for education policy makers concerns the extent to
which a teacher uses technologies effectively.
• Important criterion in evaluating a teacher’s performance.

Effects of using technology in
Learning process
 Improve the quality of students learning
 Disseminate the issues of handwriting and pronunciation
 Encourage Individual Learning
 Gives a whole view of the matter
 Develop Communication skills
 Give a concrete knowledge about the subject

 Give motivation to learners
 Encourage peer activities
 Promote independent learning and preference
 Familiarize learner's to use technology
 Provide opportunities to students for their contributions in
learning
 Develop Students thinking level
 Analysis of problems

Conclusion
Teachers are central to effectiveness of technology
infrastructure that serve education. In digital era ,there are
lot of changes in technologies are advanced in
classroom.The teachers are changing their teaching
methods and use modern technologies in classroom .So
technology as educators helps the students to
shape their future .

Thank You ❤