teacher of our time

dear all, i found an article about technology in schools where teachers can utilize the technology and integrate it into the lesson. i rate 5 stars to this article because it is not a mere article, it provides you links where you can view and get adequate information about technology in schools. through the article, you can view the 20 easy ways in which you can seamlessly integrate technology into your daily and weekly classroom routines. i personally think that this article is useful for 21st century teachers like us who deal with technology in most of our times.

do check it out!

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech146.shtml

a teacher of 21st century

i've been 4 years in my study to become a teacher. i thought it was a dream. time running so fast. but i still hesitate whether i can be a good or bad teacher. i should learn more. i should read more. but teachers nowadays need not to be worried. there's lots of preferences that they can gain from the net. all information is there with just a click. since Prof. Maznah is away, the tutor conducted the lecture. it was on local links on ICT. i was surprised. i never thought that they are so many websites which designed specially for educators i.e. eduwebtv.com, Cikgu.net, ETeMs and BTP. i think the idea of having websites are so great. it can make all the teachers unite and give ideas towards certain things in very fast mode. children nowadays are growing maturely and intelligently more than we are expected them to be. perhaps, the teachers can't rely on the old method of teaching. the progression of pupils seemed to be advanced each and everyday. i think teachers should utilize the usage of these websites to plan, devise and discuss the teaching method to suit the 21st century learners. besides that, there are so many issues on teachers in school which have been attacked by most parents recently. i don't think that we should blame the teacher 100%. maybe it was due to certain circumstances which can't be avoided. to teachers, use all the websites above to clear things and be a responsible teacher to our precious generation. with technology, we can unite.

leaping into the foundations

our class today was completely top-up with theories and models. yeah. i think we should have this too as theories provide the foundation layer before we go further in this course. the models which have been introduced to us were ADDIE, ASSURE and Dick & Carey Models. ADDIE is short for Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate. while, ASSURE is short for Analyze Learners, State Objectives, Select Methods, Media and Materials, Utilize Media and Materials, Require Learner Participation and Evaluate and Revise. can you see the similarities between those two? both has its own explanation that starts with letters. maybe i should start thinking of designing my own model. ASMA. :) by the way, the three models are very useful to me, as a future teacher. all the models mentioned are designed purposely from analyzing learners until evaluating learners. from all the three, i prefer Dick & Carey Model. Even though the model has been to old, 1985, but i prefer to use it.* if i were to use it later. this is because the model provide us with a very crystal clear steps that we should take into consideration while designing a course. it starts with identify instructional goals until develop and conduct Formative & Summative Evaluation. the whole process i would say, PERFECT! but i'm not saying that ADDIE and ASSURE Model is not good. they are delivering the same content and worth to use too. if you are interested, you can check out these links:

http://www.instructionaldesign.org/models/dick_carey_model.html
http://www.mscd.edu/~act2/courseconstruct/assure.html
http://ed.isu.edu/addie/index.html