This document discusses the need for teacher development and technology integration to prepare teachers and students for the 21st century. It notes that today's students learn differently as digital natives and emphasizes the importance of a paradigm shift away from traditional teaching methods. The document advocates for reflective teaching, continuous learning, and developing teachers' skills with technology and collaboration through professional networks to support best practices. It argues that teacher development, technology, and networks can help bridge the gap between the skills students need and those currently taught in most schools.

1. Technology Integration and Teacher Development: Preparing Teachers for the 21st CenturyBy: Andrés Atehortua Aguirre – M.A in ELTEnglishTeacher - TeacherTrainer - ELT Consultant

2. Expected Outcomes On completion of this session, participants will become aware of:The role of teachers’ professional Development in the implementation of Bilingual programs

3. The benefits of incorporating technology into the language classroom.

4. A number of strategies for implementing teacher development and technology-based learning tools.

5. how online resources and teacher Networks may be used effectively in ELT programs.VIII Seminario Regional U. Caldas 2009

6. Based on your experience, you will "Agree" or "Disagree" or "No opinion“ next to each of these statements.Teachers are more succesfulworking in isolation

7. Englishteachers in Colombia needtobecome updated in all the theories and latest trends of education and ELT

8. Technologyisthebesttoolforteacherdevelopment

9. Succesfulexperiences and new ideas in the ELT fieldmightcontributetostrenghtenthebilingualprograms in Colombia.

10. TeachersneedtoBecome aware of their strengths and weaknesses as educators and develop action plans of improvementVIII Seminario Regional U. Caldas 2009

11. New Generation of StudentsVIII Seminario Regional U. Caldas 2009M.A Andres Atehortua A.

12. New Generation of StudentsVIDEOVIII Seminario Regional U. Caldas 2009M.A Andres Atehortua A.

13. Today’s Learners Are DifferentThe first generation to grow up with computers, videogames, digital music players, video cams, cell phones. They think and process information fundamentally differently from their predecessors.Marc Prensky, Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants 2001 VIII Seminario Regional U. Caldas 2009M.A Andres Atehortua A.

14. “The information revolution requires a matching education revolution”Institute for Learning and Research TechnologyVIII Seminario Regional U. Caldas 2009M.A Andres Atehortua A.

15. A Paradigm Shift?VIII Seminario Regional U. Caldas 2009M.A Andres Atehortua A.

16. Are we preparing students for their futures, or for our pasts? Willard DaggettVIII Seminario Regional U. Caldas 2009

17. What do teachers think about the new generation of students and their new role as educators for the 21st century?VIDEOVIII Seminario Regional U. Caldas 2009M.A Andres Atehortua A.

18. Essential Questions…??????Es: What do teachers need in order to be able to address the gap between practical skills students need in the 21st century and those actually taught in most schools?

19. Professional Development“ Does practice make perfect”?How are teachers similar to computers?VIII Seminario Regional U. Caldas 2009

20. YOU CANNOT EXPECT DIFFERENT RESULTS IF YOU ALWAYS DO THE SAME.VIII Seminario Regional U. Caldas 2009M.A Andres Atehortua A.

21. I hear and I forgetI see and I rememberI do and I Learn AncientChineseProverb& AnEducationalAphorismVIII Seminario Regional U. Caldas 2009M.A Andres Atehortua A.

22. Professional DevelopmentPractice + Continuous Learning + Reflection make perfectLearning how to teach, and working to become an excellent teacher, is a long-term process that requires not only the development of very practical and complex skills, but also the acquisition of specific knowledge and the promotion of certain ethical values and attitudes. In the words of Calderhead and Shorrock (1997), in addition to ‘knowing what’ and ‘knowing how’, teachers must also be competent in ‘knowing why’ and ‘knowing whenVIII Seminario Regional U. Caldas 2009

23. 21st Century Teachers20th CenturyTeaching and LearningTell students what they should know and do

24. Test students for retention of information (“information regurgitation testing”) in the short term21st CenturyTeaching and LearningStructure problems to allow students to discover knowledge for themselves

25. Focus on long-term retention and life-skill learningVery skilled in doing school related tasks . . .but . . . lacking the abilities necessary to solve problems independently in a real-world environment

26. How to become a……21st Century TeacherTeacher DevelopmentReflectiveTeaching

27. ContinuousLearning