21ST CENTURY EDUCATOR.

     The world is dynamic and fast growing as different activities of men changes each day, evolutions, science and technology, innovations and many more are the agents of transformations in this 21^st century. The 21^st century educators is a unique teacher who is versatile and vast in his field of study and digitally inclined, he/she knows what to do at a time ,his brains is not sleeping while the body sleeps.A  21st  century educator is a goal oriented person that his/her teaching-learning process is a practical base study rather than the abstract and parochial discussion of the 19 th century.    However he/she needs to posses the following attributes and abilities.Ø  Learners driving. The new learner is transforming himself from a passive actor into an active, is    becoming a conscious leader of his personal lifelong learning path.
Ø  Deep access to information, tools and experts in ways not possible before.
Ø  The ability to network and team up with other learners who have the same interests, independently of their age, location or experience.
Ø  The emergence of the professional independent (teacher) mentor / guide. Both outside and inside traditional educational institutions a new breed of guides, coaches, facilitators and advisers is already emerging and creating new classless learning ecosystems. These new "teachers" think, act and perform their multiple roles of guides, facilitators and learning advisers with a spirit and attitude that is radically different from the one that is typical of the traditional, classic educator. Andrew Churches challenges the status quo and paints a detailed profile of what this new breed of professors is going to look like.            

                      Eight Habits of Highly Effective 21st Century Teachers

    

By Andrew Churches

THE ADAPTOR

He or she must be able to adapt the curriculum and the requirements to teach the curriculum in imaginative ways. A  21^st century educator  must be able to adapt software and hardware designed for a business model into tools utilizable by variety of age groups and abilities, also the must be able to adapt to a dynamic teaching experience even when the technologies fail, the show must go on.

THE VISIONARY

The visionary educator can look at others ideas and envisage how they would be use in his/her class. They can make links that reinforce and value learning in other areas and leverage in other fields to reinforce their own teaching and the learning of their students.

THE COLLABORATOR

As a 21^st century educator we must be able to integrate these collaborative tools like MSN, Bebo, MySpace, Second life Wikispaces, Blogger and more to enhance  and captivate our learners. Also we too must be collaborators; sharing, contributing, adapting and inventing.

THE RISK TAKER

As a 21^st century educator you must take risks and sometimes surrender yourself to the students. If not how can you venture into all these discovery, know them and teach the students how to use them, because there are so many ,so much to learn. Hence, you must take the risk.

THE LEARNER

We must stay current, a 21^st century  educator learn each day, because learning is continuous. It is a ‘’life long exercise’’. He/she must not be using a lesson plan prepared five years ago, but rather learn new things and adapt.

THE COMMUNICATOR

A 21 st  century educator is a good speaker and have a total communication skills. They are fluent in tools and technologies that enable communication and collaboration, also they go beyond learning just how to do it, they also know how to facilitate it, stimulate and control it, moderate and manage it.

  

THE MODEL

The  21^st century educator is a model, by teaching the students values because as an educator we  are often the most consistent part of our student life. We see them more often, for longer and more reliably than their parents. However this is not a criticism of the parents rather a reflection. The 21 st century educator also model reflective practice , whether its quiet, personal inspection of their teaching and learning , or through reflective practice through  via blogs, twitter and other medium, these educators look both inwards and outwards.

THE LEADER

Leadership is learned behavior that becomes unconscious and automatic over time. For example leaders can make several important decisions about an issue in the time it takes others to understand the question. The process of making decisions comes from an accumulation of experiences and encounters with multitude of difference circumstances, personality types and unforeseen failures. The most successful leaders are instinctual decision makers.

PRESENTATION SKILLS THAT A 21ST CENTURY EDUCATORS MUST KNOW

 By EdTech Team

The 21^st century educators should be able to:

1. Create and edit digital audio

2. Use social bookmarking to share resources with and between learners.
3. Use blogs and wikis to create online platforms for students
4. Exploit digital images for classroom use.

5. Use video content to engage students

6. Use info graphics to visually stimulate students.

7. Use social networking sites to connect with colleagues and grow professionally

8. Create and deliver asynchronous presentations and training sessions

9. Compile a digital e-portfolio for their  own development.
10. Be  able to detect a plagiarized works in students assignments.

11. Create screen capture videos and tutorials

13.Curate web content for classroom learning.
14. Use and provide students with task management tools to organize their works and plan their learning.
15.Use   polling software to create a real-time survey in class. 16. Understand issues related to copyright and fair use of online materials.

17.Use digital assessment tools to create quizzes.

18.Find  and evaluate authentic web based content.
19 Use digital tools for time management purpose.
20. Use note taking tools to share interesting content with your students.
21.Use of online sticky notes to capture interesting ideas.

Conclusively, the 21 st century educators are policy maker, designer, leader, minister, nurse and many more. They think outside the box seizing the tiniest opportunity to explore and deliver qualitative contents to their learners.