educational technologies

1.  What is teaching competency ?
 The teaching competency is an overall assessment of
the performance of the teacher in classroom situation
on the criteria of
Knowledge of subject matter
Methods and techniques of teaching
Questioning
Use of teaching aids
Pupil’s participation
Teacher’s personality
Relationship with the class
Classroom management
Clarity of objectives

2.  Some furtherTeacher competencies are:
1. Knowledge of Students andTheir Development
 Understands and grows diversity
 Forms constructive relationships with students
 Connects students' prior learning, life experiences and
interests with learning goals
 Uses a variety of instructional strategies and
resources to respond to students' diverse needs
 Facilitates learning experiences that promote
autonomy, interaction and choice
 Engages students in problem solving, critical thinking
and other activities that make subject matter
meaningful

3. 2. Creates an Effective Learning Environment
 Establishes a climate that promotes fairness
and students
 Establishes a collaborative learning
environment
 Creates a physical environment that engages
all students
 Plans and implements classroom procedures
and routines that support student learning
 Uses instructional time effectively

4. 3. Understands Subject Matter
 Demonstrates knowledge of subject matter
content and skills
 Interrelates ideas and information within and
across subject matter areas
 Uses instructional strategies that are
appropriate to the subject matter
 Uses materials, resources and technologies to
provide meaningful learning

5. 4. Plans and Designs Appropriate Learning
Experiences
 Establishes goals for student learning
 Develops and sequences instructional
activities for student learning
 Modifies instructional plans to meet the
needs of all students
 Uses resources to meet the needs of student

6. 5. Uses On-going Assessment to Monitor
Student Learning
 Communicates learning goals to students
 Collects and uses multiple sources of
information to assess learning
 Assists students in assessing their own
learning
 Maintains up-to-date records a analyzes data
 Communicates with students and families
about student progress

7. 6. Develops Professional Practice
 Reflects on teaching practice to extend
knowledge and skills
 Establishes goals for professional development
 Meets the responsibilities of a professional
educator
 Works with families in supporting student
learning
 Maintains positive relationships with other
professionals
 Works with colleagues to improve professional
practice

8. Characteristics of CompetentTeacher:
 Pupil oriented
 Must be able to develop and use instructional
material
 Should be able to use a variety of effective
teaching learning procedures
 Should be able to use variety of methods to
evaluate pupil’s progress.
 Should be capable of organizing, supervising
and participating in curricular activities

9. Why do we NEED teaching competency?
 Teaching competencies help to IMPROVETHE
QUALITY OFTEACHING LEARNING PROCESS
(education).
 Help the students as well as teachers to
ACHIEVETHE DESIRED OBJECTIVES OF
EDUCATION.
 Help to IMPROVE STATUSOFTHETEACHERS
 Help in PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT OF
PUPILS.
 Help the teachers to ADOPT SUITABLE
METHODSAND MATERIALS OFTEACHING.

10. Categories ofTeachingCompetency.
 Cognitive-based competencies
 Performance-based competencies
 Consequence-based competencies
 Affective competency
 Exploratory competencies

11. Methods AssessingTeacher Competence:
Telling Method:
A brief oral presentation of a concept
The Lecture Method:
A formal lecture planned by the teacher
Discussion Method:
Exchange of opinions for discussion
Demonstration Method:
Presentation of pre-arranged series of events.
The Problem Method:
Afford training to the pupils in solving the
problems mentally.

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13.  Improving teacher quality is at the heart of our
national effort to achieve excellence in the
classroom.This comes at a time when the very
structure of education is going through a
profound change.With knowledge all around
us, available anytime and anywhere, the role
of the teacher is going to be fundamentally
transformed in the 21st century.

14.  In the future, schools will be more fluid,
teachers more adaptable and flexible, and
students will be more accountable as the task
of learning becomes theirs.The challenge of
the modern classroom is its increasing diversity
and the skills that this diversity requires of
teachers.This is why we need to do some new
thinking when it comes to the teaching
profession.

15.  We need a dramatic renovation of how we recruit,
prepare, induct and retain good teachers.The status
quo is not good enough. And we must make over
professional development as we know it. New distance
learning models can be powerful new tools to give
teachers more opportunities to be better teachers.
 Our efforts to improve education will rise or fall on the
quality of our teaching force, and higher education has
the defining role in preparing the next generation of
teachers. I ask leaders in higher education across the
nation to please make this their mission. (U.S.
Secretary of Education, 2000)

16.  Teachers, who enable interaction among the main
elements of educational system such as student,
educational program, teacher and environment and
who take on the task of educating young individuals
that the society needs, have a distinctive place and
importance within the scope of these main elements.
 Teaching profession began to develop with the
emergence of education as a field of profession and
vocation.
 It has been argued for a long time whether teaching is
a profession or not. In the end, it was agreed that
teaching is a distinctive profession and that it
possesses all of the qualities that a profession should
possess.

17.  Teaching profession could be described as “a
professional occupational group of education
sector possessing social, cultural, economical,
scientific and technological dimensions.
 For an occupational group to be classified as a
professional occupation, it is necessary that it
provides services in a determined field, goes
through formal training which offers expert
knowledge, possesses professional culture, has
admission control, possesses professional ethics,
owns professional establishments and is
considered as a profession by the society.

18. Teacher’s knowledge of the subject matter:
 Teachers who have comprehensive knowledge of their subject
matters let their students actively participate in the lessons.
These teachers are aware of the problems the students
encounter while learning and are ready for any questions put by
the students and the answers these teachers provide are not
evasive or ambiguous. It requires a formal training period for an
individual to specialize in a subject matter.
 Today knowledge is produced and consumed quite rapidly.The
information the teacher conveys to his students should be up-
to-date and should reflect the latest scientific facts of the field.
The individual usually ends his career development when he
graduates.This is not a correct approach.The fact that
information is produced rapidly demands that it is updated.

19. Teaching skills of the teacher:
 A teacher cannot succeed if he cannot convey his
knowledge to his students no matter how
competent he is in the subject matter.Therefore,
the teacher needs to have teaching skills for
enhancing the knowledge of subject:
 Planning the teaching process
 Offering variety
 Using the instruction time effectively
 Creating a participatory learning environment
 Monitoring the development of the students
 Ensuring the students’ self-control

20. While teacher knowledge is certainly a component of teacher professionalism,
professional competence involves more than just knowledge. Skills, attitudes,
and motivational variables also contribute to the mastery of teaching and
learning: Blomeke and Delaney (2012) proposed a model of teachers’
professional competence:

21.  Teacher educators' fields of knowledge
Some recent research has highlighted the many fields of
knowledge that are required by teacher educators; these include
knowledge about: the pedagogy of teacher education; learning
and learners; teaching and coaching; and the profession of teacher
educator itself.
In addition, teacher educators need to know about the specific
contexts their students will work and working in (e.g. for primary,
or secondary education) and the subjects they will teach. More
experienced teacher educators need expertise in: curriculum
development and assessment; the wider context of teacher
education, the way it is organized, and in research.

22.  Researchers out that the major goal of any teacher’s
education or training programme is to develop
teachers for initiating desired results in learning
among students to optimize the resources namely
material and human.
 Pre-service teacher education is needed for inducting
fresh or new teachers and tries to change them into
effective and competent teachers.
 Apart from these, it was also stated that teachers are
the future designers of students and society.
 Teachers are expected to develop the universal
principles and values like equality, justice and peace
along with civic and social values as declared in
constitution of Pakistani culture.

23.  In order to be competent in career of teaching,
teachers are expected to develop and build not
only hard skills but also need to develop most
significant skills namely soft skills.
 In the current education system, teachers who
possess soft skills would be a role model for
teachers in numerous ways like decision makers,
team leaders, negotiating stress, effective
communication skills, solving the problem
effectively and so on.

25.  Technology has the ability to enhance relationships
between teachers and students.
When teachers effectively integrate technology into
subject areas, teachers grow into roles of adviser,
content expert, and coach.Technology helps
make teaching and learning more meaningful and fun.
 During the past years many technological applications
have been developed for educational purpose. Most
of these applications reinforce the existing teacher
oriented instructional practice and some refer to new
instructional methods.

26.  The training of teachers can be enhanced by
making use of technology.This refers to the use
of technology as a medium in the teacher
training institutes. It has often been found that
the new teachers tend to teach in the same way
as they were taught , both when they were a
child and when they were students in pre –
service training.
 Teacher Educators have used computers and
other information technologies as tools to
increase student learning. Some of the methods
discussed briefly.

27.  E-Learning:
 E-learning is the use of electronic educational in learning and
teaching. information and communication technology in education,
learning technology, multimedia learning, technology-enhanced
learning (TEL), computer-based instruction (CBI), computer managed
instruction, computer-based training (CBT), computer-assisted
instruction or computer-aided instruction (CAI), internet-based
training (IBT), flexible learning, web-based training (WBT), online
education, virtual education, virtual learning environments (VLE), m-
learning, and digital education. In usage, all of these terms appear in
articles and reviews; the term "e-learning" is used frequently, but is
variously and imprecisely defined and applied.These alternative terms
are all linguistically more restrictive than "educational technology" in
that they refer to the use of modern tools, such as computers, digital
technology, electronic media, networked digital devices and
associated software and courseware with learning scenarios,
worksheets and interactive exercises that facilitate learning.

28.  Mobile Learning:
 Mobile learning or M-learning is defined as "learning across
multiple contexts, through social and content interactions,
using personal electronic devices. A form of e-learning
distance education, m-learners can use mobile device,
educational technology in many locations at their time
convenience. Mobile learning is the delivery of learning,
education or learning support on mobile phones, tablets etc.,
M-learning technologies include handheld computers, MP3
players, notebooks, mobile phones and tablets. M-learning
focuses on the mobility of the learner, interacting with
portable technologies. Using mobile tools for creating
learning aids and materials becomes an important part of
informal learning.

29.  Video Conferencing:
 Videoconferencing (VC) is the conduct of a
videoconference (also known as a video
conference or video teleconference) by a set of
telecommunication technologies which allow
two or more locations to communicate by
simultaneous two-way video and audio
transmissions.
 It has also been called 'visual collaboration' and
is a type of groupware.

30.  Video conferencing can be used in teacher
training by linking various powerful, purposeful
effective training institutes with our institutions
so that the effectiveness may be transformed
from the above to ours.
 Globalization is the remarkable trend today.
The successful practice of teacher training
anywhere in the world can be transformed to
our institutions through video conferencing.

31.  ICT ―Information communicationTechnology is the technology which uses
the information to meet human needs or purposes including processing and
exchanging. It is the umbrella term for all the above terms like. Information
Technology - IT, EducationTechnology - ET & CommunicationTechnology -
CT.
 It focuses mainly on computer technology. It helps to improve the efficiency
and effectiveness at all levels and in both formal & non formal setting.
According toToomey, ”ICT generally relates to thoseTechnologies that are
used for accessing, gathering, manipulating and presenting or
communicating Information”. It means ICT applied to the creation, storage,
selection, transformation, processing and dissemination of information of
many kinds. So ICT is a comprehensive term that includes different types of
Hardware and Software: Computers including desktop, laptop and handheld
computers; digital cameras and digital video cameras; creative and
communication software tools; the internet; telephones, fax machines,
mobile telephones, tape recorders; interactive stories, simulated
environments and computer games; programmable toys and control
technologies; video conferencing technologies and closed – circuit television
(CCTV); data projectors, electronic white boards and more.

32.  How Important isTechnology in Education? 10
reasons for the importance of technology in
education:
1.Students demand it.
Students are engaging with technology constantly
outside of the classroom. Kids like to be
interactive, and learning through technology has
now become a part of their lifestyle.

33. 2. New teachers are demanding it.
The technology movement has been implemented in post-
secondary education as well as other professional jobs. For
new teachers, technology is considered a necessity for the
learning environment.
3. Kids are the digital native.
Kids know technology better than most adults. It has
become the easiest way they learn, because it is such an
integral part of their life. Engaging with technology in the
classroom has not only helped them learn better, but they
also acquire multi-tasking skills.At this day in age, they
hardly know how to learn without it.This knowledge is
important, because they would be way behind in the real
world without it.

34. 4.Kids can learn at their own pace.
We know from years of experience that kids learn
at their own pace, but sometimes the traditional
classroom makes it difficult to do so.With the
integration of technology in education, children
have the ability to slow down and go back over
lessons and concepts, and more advanced kids
can go ahead. It also frees up the teacher to help
kids on a more one-on-one level.

35. 5.With technology, there are no limitations.
Having access to other information outside of the
book gives students many different ways to learn a
concept.Teachers can come up with creative ways to
teach their students that keeps them engaged.
Technology has changed the learning environment so
that learning is more hands-on. Schools throughout
the nation are diverse in income, and often kids don’t
always get the resources they need.The
implementation of technology in schools helps close
that gap.

36. 6.Technology has the ability to enhance
relationships between teachers and students.
When teachers effectively integrate technology
into subject areas, teachers grow into roles of
adviser, content expert, and coach.Technology
helps make teaching and learning more
meaningful and fun. Students are also able to
collaborate with their own classmates through
technological applications.

37. 7.Testing has gone online
One protocol that schools don’t have control over,
but must adapt to, is online testing.Testing online
is the way of the future, but it has a lot of
advantages.Assessing students’ performance can
be done instantly with technology. Beyond seeing
test scores in real-time, teachers can better track
and understand students’ grasp of the subject.

38. 8. Multitude of resources
Computers, tablets, and other forms of
technology bring multiple resources for the
teacher that’s not in the book.They not only keep
students engaged with exciting new features and
apps, but also have other ways to teach students
material. Every kid learns differently, and
technology helps with this gap as well.

39. 9.Technology keeps kids engaged.
The students of this generation are considered
technological learners.They learn best being more
interactive, and technology is what helps them do
that. Children often struggle to stay on task or
interested, and with resources to help the teacher,
they can better stay focused and learn faster.

40. 10.Technology is necessary to succeed outside of
primary and secondary education
Whether we like it or not, technology is an essential
concept to learn. Because it changes so quickly,
children are better off learning about it sooner. It is a
primary part of every industry, and there is no way
around it.These days, technology means more than
just learning basic computing skills.Technology has
made itself part of every aspect of our lives today,
and the students who understand it are the ones who
succeed in the business world.

41.  ThanksYou
 Any Question now and later ?