33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher Should Have

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33 Digital Skills Every 21st century teacher should have

Fabricio Pamplona 7 de maro de 2013 16:19Para: Iza Floripa , sidarta ribeiro , Guilherme Brockington

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33 Digital Skills Every 21st century teacher should have

Every single teacher is concerned about his/ her teaching practices and the skills involved in this process. How many times

have you wondered about a better way to teach the same lesson you have delivered to an eariler class? How often have

you used technology to engage your students and improve their learning ? These are some recurring questions we keep

regurgitating each time our teaching skills are put to the test.

It is amazing how technology has changed the whole world giving rise to new forms of education we never thought of. Our

students are more digitally focused than any time before. They spend more time interacting with their mobile devices than

they do with their parents or close relatives. Admittedly, this digital boom has both positive and negative impact on our

students. Lack of concentration, short attention span, distraction, visual stimulus overload, identity theft, lack of real world

socializing, privacy issues, depression, and many more are but a direct result of the growing exposure to this technology.

Studies have even proved that multitasking, which some educational technology experts brag about in relation to the use of

today's technology, reduces the power of our concentration to the half. We should not, However, only look at the empty

side of the cup, the other side is way bigger.
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There are actually several pluses for the use of technology in education and to try and list them all here is way beyond the

scope of this short post. Generally speaking, no two argue over the fact that technology advantages in education ( and in

our life at large ) way outnumber its downsides. It is thanks to technology that you are now reading this post and will

probably share it with your colleagues.

There is no blinking the fact that the type of students we teach today are completely different from last century's. We ,

definitely, need to look at some of the skills we, as teachers, need to equip ourselves with to better live up to the challenge.

Among all the challenges we would have in education, there is not as daunting a challenge as catching students focus and

getting them engaged in the learning process. For this particular reason, and in addition to the skills I initially mentioned

in 21st Century Teaching Skills article, I would like to provide you with another list of some equally important digital skills

that you, as a teacher, need to seriously consider if you want to pave the way for the 21st century teaching. I have added a

list of web tools under each skill for teachers to better exploit it.

Please, remember that I have spent many laborious hours working on this post and all I ask is a credit back toEducational

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The 21st century teacher should be able to :

1- Create and edit digital audio

Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :

Free Audio Tools for Teachers

2- Use Social bookmarking to share resources with and between learners


A List of Best Bookmarking Websites for Teachers

3- Use blogs and wikis to create online platforms for students


Great Tools to Create Protected Blogs and Webpages for your Class
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4- Exploit digital images for classroom use


A List of Some of The Best Photo Editing Tools for TeachersA List of Great Tools for Teachers to Create Animated Pictures and Images

A list of Some Awesome Photo and Image Resources for Teachers

5- Use video content to engage students


80 Educational Alternatives to YouTube

A List of some of The Best Video Tools for Educators

6- Use infographics to visually stimulate students


8 Free Tools to Create Awesome InfographicsEducational Infographics to Share with your Students

A List of Top Educational Infographics

A Set of Awesome Infographics on Language Learning

This is how Teachers Can Embed Infographics in Their Blogs and Websites

7- Use Social networking sites to connect with colleagues and grow professionally
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Teachers Comprehensive Guide to The Use of Social Networking in Education

Top 25 Social Media Websites for Teachers

Google Plus Use in Education

Facebook Use in Education

8- Create and deliver asynchronous presentations and training sessions


A List of The Best Presentation Tools for Teachers

9- Compile a digital e-portfolio for their own development


Free Tools to Create Digital Portfolios

10- Have a knowledge about online security


Teachers Free Tools and Resources on Internet Safety

Online Safety Tips and Tools to Protect Kids online and Inform Parents about Internet Dangers

Free Resources to Teach about Bullying

11- be able to detect plagiarized works in students assignments
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Free Plagiarism Detector Tools fr Teachers and Educators

12- Create screen capture videos and tutorials


Five Great Screen Capture Tools for Teachers

13- Curate web content for classroom learning


10 Must have Bookmarklets for Teachers

14- Use and provide students with task management tools to organize their work and plan their learning


A List of Great Task Management Tools for Educators

15- Use polling software to create a real-time survey in class


15 Free and Easy Poll/ Survey Tools for Teachers

16- Understand issues related to copyright and fair use of online materials

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Teach your Students Copyright Issues

The Full History of Copyright from Its Origins to What it is Now

17- Exploit computer games for pedagogical purposes


The Gaming Revolution in Education

Video Games Improve The Brain's Performance

18- Use digital assessment tools to create quizzes


Free Tools to Create and Administer Quizzes

19- Use of collaborative tools for text construction and editing

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A List of Great Free Collaborative Tools for Educators

20- Find and evaluate authentic web based content


The Three Effective Ways Teachers Should Know about

21- Use of mobile devices like tablets


8 Free Resources on The Use of iPad in Education

A Free Comprehensive Guide to The Use of iPad Apps in Education

A List of Excellent iPad Apps for Educators

22- Identify online resources that are safe for students browsing


A List of Awesome Kids-safe Websites

23- Use digital tools for time management purposes


8 Free Tools for Better Time Management

Five Free Tools to Organize and Schedule Meetings
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24- Learn about the different ways to use YouTube in your classroom


17 Free YouTube Tools Every Educator should Know about

A List of YouTube Tools to Crop, subtitle, convert and Save Videos

25- Use note taking tools to share interesting content with your students


9 Great Note Taking Tools for Teachers

Free Android Note Taking Apps for Educators

26- Annotate web pages and highlight parts of text to share with your class


13 Free Web Annotation Tools for Teachers to Draw, Add notes, and highlight interesting parts in webpages

27- Use of online graphic organizers and printables


A List of Free Graphic Organizers for Educators
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28- Use of online sticky notes to capture interesting ideas


13 Free Sticky Notes Tools for Teachers and Students

29- Use of screen casting tools to create and share tutorials


A List of The Best Free Screen Casting Tools for Teachers to Record and Share Tutorials

30- Exploit group text messaging tools for collaborative project work


9 Free Group Text Messaging for Educators

31- Conduct an effective search query with the minimum time possible


The Entire Google Search Guide for Teachers

32- Conduct A Research Paper Using Digital Tools


Free Research Tools Every Educator Needs to Know about

6 Free Tools to Easily Cite Resources for students and teachers
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33- Use file sharing tools to share docs and files with students online

A List of The Best File Sharing Tools for Teachers

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