THE 21st CENTURY TEACHER

1. There are essential skills for the Digital learners that teachers should consider in giving appropriate
activities and assessments to their learners. But what about the 21st century teacher, what are
the characteristics we would expect to see in a 21st century educator. We know they are student
centric, holistic, they are teaching about how to learn as much as teaching teachers are more
than this.
THE 21st CENTURY
TEACHER

2. 1.THE ADAPTOR
- The 21st century teacher is an adaptor,
Harnessed as we are to an assessment
focused Education model the 21st
Century Educator must be able to adapt
the curriculum and the requirements to
the curriculum in imaginative ways.
 They must also be able to adapt
software and hardware
designed for business model
into tools utilizable by a variety
of age groups and abilities.
 They must also be able to adapt
to a dynamic teaching
experience.
 As an educator, they must
understand and apply different
learning style
2.THE VISIONARY
- Imagination, a key component of
adaptability, is a crucial component of
the educator of the educator of today
and tomorrow
 They must see the potential in the
emerging tools and web technologies,
grasp these and manipulate them to
serve their needs,
 The visionary teacher can look at others
ideas and envisage how they would use
these in their class
 The visionary also looks discipline and
the curricula.

3. 3. THE COLLABORATIVE
 Ning, Blogger, wikispaces, Bebo, MySpace, Second life – as an educator we must
be able to leverage collaborative tools and captivate our learners
4.THE RISK-TAKER
 A 21st century educator must take risks and some times surrender yourself to the
students knowledge.
 Have a vision of what you want and what the technology can achieve, identify
the goals and facilitate the listener
5. THE LEARNER
 We expect our students to be life long learners. How many schools have the
phrase ‘’Life long learners’’
6.THE COMMUNICATOR
 The 21st teachers are fluent in tools and technologies that enable communication
and collaboration.

4. 7. THE MODEL
 The Digital teacher must model the behaviours that are expected from their
students.
 The Educators are often the most consistent part of our student life.
 The 21st century Educator also models reflective practice, whether its the quit,
personal inspection of their teaching and learning.

5. ICT- is an abbreviation for Information
Communication Technology. This is a
vast variety of tools and technologies
encompassing personal computing, the
internet, phones, fax, and everything in
between.
RESOURCES
- This is the physical and electronic tools
and materials available to the teacher
in the classroom.
 Interactive whiteboards
 Classroom desktop computers
 Pods of laptops or one to one
program
 PDA’a, Ipods, and cellphone
 Educationally focused software
 Learning and content management system
 Video and audio conferencing
 Media production
 Learning spaces for the 21st century.
FACILITATING 21st CENTURY
LEARNING

6. 2. SKILLS
Skills, fall into two categories; TECHNOLOGICAL and PEDAGOLOGICAL
Technological skills, refers to the ability to operate the resources provided you and
the Pedagological skill to integration.
3. CURRICULUM
Integrating curricula that support ICT
integration are dynamic