The document discusses several key aspects of education in the 21st century. It emphasizes that education should be student-centered, with students playing an active role in their learning through collaboration. It also stresses that learning should provide real-world context so students understand how skills can be applied. Finally, the document advocates for comprehensive use of technology both to develop 21st century skills in students and to support innovative teaching and robust educational systems.

2. The term “21st century” has become the central part
of educational thinking and planning for future.
Administrators and Teachers are actively searching
for ways to prepare students for the future, and the
educational system has been evolving faster than
ever before.
Globalization has opened up the world and allowed
people to connect in new and exciting ways. We
blend traditions and create unique belief systems
that are not taught in any classroom, but are
developed through our life experiences and
passions.

3. 1. INSTRUCTION SHOULD BE
STUDENT –ENTERED
STUDENT-CENTERED
LEARNING IS STRONGLY
ENCOURAGED IN THE 21ST
CENTURY, THIS DOES NOT
MEAN THAT THE TEACHER
CAN NEVER GIVE A
LECTURE.
EDUCATION IS NO
LONGER ABOUT LISTENING
TO THE TEACHER TALK
AND ABSORBING THE
INFORMATION.
In order to prepare the students to play their role in the 21st
century society we are apart, the following can be considered
when deciding how education will look in our schools and
classrooms.

4. 2.EDUCATION SHOULD BE COLLABORATIVE
Students must learn how to collaborate with others. Society
today has people collaborating across the globe.

5. 3. LEARNING SHOULD HAVE CONTEXT
Student-centered does not mean that the teacher gives up
all control of the classroom. While students are encouraged to
learn in different ways, the teacher still provides the guidance
as to the skills that need to be acquired. The teacher can make a
point in helping students to understand how the skills they are
building can be applied in their lives.

6. 3 Broad Areas in Integrating Technology as a
Fundamental Building Block
 Use technology comprehensively to develop proficiency
in 21st century skills.
- knowledge of core content is necessary, but no
longer sufficient, for success in a competitive world.
 Use technology comprehensively to support innovative
teaching and learning.
- to keep pace with a changing world, schools need to
offer more rigorous, relevant and engaging
opportunities for students to learn-and to apply their
knowledge and skills in meaningful ways.
 Use technology comprehensively to create robust
education support systems.
- to be effective in schools and classrooms, teachers
and administrators need training, tools and proficiency
in 21st century skills for themselves.

7. IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
1. Improvement of Teaching
- educational technology analyses the process of
teaching thoroughly.
2. Analysis of the Teaching-Learning Process
- educational technology aims at analyzing the process
of teaching-learning thoroughly.
3. Improvement of Teaching
- educational technology analyses the process of
learning and related the theories. It facilitates more
and more of learning in less time.
4. Enhancing Goals of Education
- the objectives of education are being reviewed and
revised with the passage of time.

8. 5. Training to Teachers
- the changed type of environment with new curriculum
and new materials is to be handled by the teachers.
6. Development of Curriculum
- curriculum is the total-learning environment, which
has to be modified and remolded in the light of latest
thoughts.
7. Development of Teaching-Learning Material
- teaching-learning materials are also as important as
anything else in the teaching learning process.
8. Teaching-Learning Strategies:
- the strategy has to be the right one, which should be
according to the materials and is able to bring about
effective teaching learning.
9. Development of Audio-Visual Aids:
- the software aids, the hardware aids, the computer
and other such appliances, equipment etc., have “to be
used in the present type of teaching-learning
environment.

9. 10. Help in Overall Improvement
- educational technology helps in locating the problems in the
different areas of education.
11. Identification of Needs of the Community:
- it helps in providing equal education opportunities to
backward people, disadvantaged students and deprived
sections of the society.