First online activity for Educational Technology 2

2. Creating a 21st century education system is about
making sure that all students are prepared to
succeed in a competitive world- a world with
plenty of opportunities for highly skilled
individuals and limited options for everyone else.

3. It’s about maximizing the impact of
technology to develop proficiency in 21st
century skills, support innovative teaching and
learning, and create robust education support
systems.

4. However, despite the learning about the skills that
students will need to develop to become successful in the
21st century, as well as what beliefs about the education
may be worth hanging onto or throwing away, schools
and teachers are left trying to figure out what their role
needs to be in the education of their 21st century
students.

5. Instruction should
be
student-centered

6. Education is no longer about
listening to the teacher talk and
absorbing the information.
Instead of passively receiving
information, the students
would gather information on
their own, under the guidance
of their teacher.

7. Education
should be
collaborative

8. Students should be encouraged to
work together to discover
information, piece it together and
construct meaning. They should
learn how to recognize the
strengths and talents each person
can bring to a project, and change
roles depending on those
attributes.

9. Learning
should have
context

10. We need to take a more general
approach and teach skills that
are useful in any situation.
Lessons have a little purpose if
they do not have any impact in
a students’ life outside of the
school.

11. Technology is a tool, a way for fact-based
learning and allows students to do a lot of
the research using the Internet and various
tools. And at the same time these students
are learning very valuable research skills,
which they can transplant at high levels of
education, at universities and beyond.

12. Technology allows for 24/7
access to information;
Constant social
interaction, and
Easily created and shared
digital content
The Role of Technology in 21st Century
Learning

14. Improvement
of
Learning

15. Enhancing goals of education
Training to teachers
Development of curriculum

17. Help in overall
improvement
Identification
Of
Needs
Of the
community