9 Fundamental Digital Skills Every Teacher Should Have
January 21, 2016
In a digitally focused world, education is getting more and more digitized pushing us, teachers and educators, to re-conceptualize what it really means to be a teacher in the 21st century. Whether you are a technological determinist or instrumentalist, technology has become an essential force shaping much of our teaching and pedagogical practices. It has also placed a number of demands and exigencies on us and to meet these exigencies we need to develop a set of key digital skills. In the chart below, we cited 9 digital skills that we believe are fundamentally important for any teacher. This chart is based on a previous work we published here in the past.
In a digitally focused world, education is getting more and more digitized pushing us, teachers and educators, to re-conceptualize what it really means to be a teacher in the 21st century. Whether you are a technological determinist or instrumentalist, technology has become an essential force shaping much of our teaching and pedagogical practices. It has also placed a number of demands and exigencies on us and to meet these exigencies we need to develop a set of key digital skills. In the chart below, we cited 9 digital skills that we believe are fundamentally important for any teacher. This chart is based on a previous work we published here in the past.
Digital Skills | Tools |
Record and edit audio clips | |
Create annotated, interactive and engaging video content |
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Create visually engaging content | |
Use social networking websites to create PLNs, connect , discover new content, and grow professionally | |
Use blogs and wikis to create participatory spaces for students | |
Use Social bookmarking websites curate and share resources with your class | |
Create Engaging presentations | |
Create digital portfolios | |
Create non-traditional quizzes |
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