Reflection day 2

 Day 2.

The second day started with the video clips regarding the means and methods of teaching in the 21^st Century. It is very important as an educator to know how we can be teachers in the 21^st Century classroom. In addition, students and educators today must have ICT literacy and use of technology in the context of teaching and learning.

The main purpose of ICT in education is generally to familiarize the learners with the use of technology or working with computers. It also enables learning through multiples intelligence like simulation, games, this enables active learning through all senses. ICT is not only for learners it is also for educators in the 21^st century. ICT should evolve in education because it serves as educational or instructional materials that supplement the needs of the learners when it comes to technology.

As far as I am concern, the teachers in the class use mostly the lecture method of teaching at present. So however the teachers teach children to feel boring in the lecture method of teaching and the valuable educational ideas are lost as a result of it. Since we know that now we are in the 21^st Century, the school or the educators try to promote new ways of teaching and learning and then evaluate how well their efforts have led to results. Moreover, the teachers have to engage and educate, to facilitate and motivate the 21^st Century learners, their methods of teaching must be more closely aligned to students’ methods of learning. Students today are partly shaped by their environment, which is media-rich, electronic and digital, a communication medium, and so on. So we expect our students to be lifelong learners. We educators too must continue to observe experiences and knowledge and stay current. Teachers must change and learn and adapt as the horizons and the landscape change.

Therefore, in order to equip with the 21^st century teaching and learning strategies our tutor has introduced the following topic in detail in our residential classes.

·         ICT as informative tools

·         21st-century skills

·         ICT in education meaning and definition.

·         Finding and using information through ICT.

We being teachers for this century now we have to learn and find ways to teach our children how to think critically. I would utilize whatever I have gained from my tutor and I would also make the best use of the skills learned here to make children understand better and use the ICT in their day-to-day life.