Technology+Vision



I believe that in preparing lessons for the 21st century learners, it is important that educators present material in a way that will engage learners. Therefore, educators must consider themselves not only as educators but also as life-long learners. Technology is constantly changing and educators must try to stay current. There are three things that an educator can do to adapt their instruction for 21st century learning, they are as follows:

Consider using the TPACK framework - The key to the TPACK framework is matching the content and the way it is taught to the technology that is appropriate for delivering it. It is a waste of time for the educator to take a piece of technology and try to build content around it just because it is something that they have access to.Technology needs to be implemented in a way that is invisible to the learner.

Consider applying constructivist learning - In a constructivist learning environment, the student drives the lessons and the direction in which it takes. I believe that collaborative work and project-based learning is needed in the classroom over paper-pencil tests and rote memorization.

Consider adopting the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) - I believe that educators need to adopt the NETS standards. It is important for the educator to remain a life-long learner. Technology is always evolving therefore a teacher can never be finished with learning about it. It is imperative to the success of the 21st century learner that they are given every opportunity to succeed and the only way to ensure that is to provide them with the learning tools of the 21st century.