21st century teacher

21st century teacher:Are you ready to meet the challenge?21st century teaching and learning:What is the challenge?Your learners are already engaging withtechnology both in and out of school. Are you?This booklet will help you discover what it takesto become a 21st century teacher.Your students are already using technology as part of theirdaily life and increasingly expect to use it for learning in school.But what does this mean for you as a teacher?Do you want to improve howchildren and young peopleexperience learning and bringeducation alive for them?Do you give learners theopportunity to work in theirpreferred ways of learning,including using technology?Do you want to improve howyou engage with parents?Do you want to improve yourlessons with more flexibility andchoice or improved quality ofdelivery?Do you want to save time onadministration and plan moreeffectively?If you answer ‘yes’ to anyof these questions, read onand find out how you can usetechnology to meet thesechallenges.Technology opens up huge opportunities for you– in teaching, assessment, planning andadministration and in engaging parents and thewider community.Research now shows that technologycan help to:• motivate learners and keep them engaged inlearning• improve attainment levels and raise standards• personalise learning and give learners a voice• make difficult and abstract concepts easier toexplore• save you time and be more efficient• open up dialogue with parents and extendlearning• make learners partners in their formallearning• reach the hard-to-reach.With everybody in education supporting theGovernment’s aspiration of building a 21stcentury schools system with excellent teaching,the role of ICT in teaching and learning is veryimportant.As a 21st century teacher you are a learneryourself – adapting your previous technologyskills and knowledge as new technologiesemerge. You know when to use technology andwhen other strategies are more appropriate. Youcontinually review how you use technology inyour role.Technology is taking all teachers on a journey:• You may be at the beginning of the journey andwant to explore technology more.• You may be using technology at the momentbut want to review what you do.• You may want to develop areas in your use oftechnology to include in your CPD planning.Wherever you are, you will find this booklethelpful in choosing the next steps to developyour professional use of technology.3