21st Century Skills for 21st Century Teachers

The world is changing so quickly that it sometimes seems difficult to keep up with those changes.  It is imperative that teachers in this 21st century be able to adapt to change, otherwise we will never be able to keep up with our students.  We also need to demonstrate innovative thinking and be good problem solvers.  When we talk about "21st Century Skills," we are talking about the skills that are needed in order to survive and thrive in a world that has become increasingly creative and technology-driven.  We are interacting globally in the 21st Century, not locally as in prior generations. As teachers it is important that we learn these skills so that we may enter the world of the children we teach.  Children use technology on a daily basis; they find it fun.  They are digital learners and we must be technology-trained teachers.  To reach students today, we must make learning fun and we can do that through technology by using a Smartboard, podcasts, blogs, smartphones, iPods as well as other mediums.  As teachers we must meet students where they are and that place today is technology.

1.  What is WIKI?

2.  What is meant when a teacher is "hiding behind a blog?"  

3.  Is is necessarily a bad thing if students are more technically-saavy than their teacher?