1- Todays objectives

2- Introducao: do you know how were your parents classes in high school? (Retroprojetor)
what were your insterests outside the classroom activities?

3- video

Antes do 21st century: wordpress blog els

Lectures / teacher centred / memorization / no student involvemet / feeling that they
weren’t good at languages

GTM

“Education was an easy establishment to define in the past. Today, we have to rethink and redefine
what education, student, teacher are and we have to answer this question : What is it like to be a
21st century student?”

A lot has changed ever since., movies were played in a datashow instead of that big tv, PowerPoint
was introduced and now it’s outdated by .

How is the classroom nowadays?

“You can't spell teach without T-E-C-H" (Kevin Jarrett,2008)”

1- Estatisticas do uso de tecnologia e a sua importancia no sec 21 (

http://www.google.pt/imgres?imgurl=http://www.technapex.com/wp-content/uploads/
2012/07/21st_century_classroom.jpg&imgrefurl=http://theasideblog.blogspot.com/p/
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2- So, who are our students now?k

Important to bear in mind that “Today's students grow up with developing technology,
access to internet anytime, anywhere available. They have become familiar with mobile
phones, computers, digital cameras, console games etc. as soon as they were born”
http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/wilemmed/the-21st-century-learner-slideshare

Everything evolved, students are not the same and thus the need of different and more
APPROPRIATE methodologies (titulo)
3- What do 21st century students need?
http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/DebHanson/reinventing-school-libraries-for-21st-
century-learners-4844511
 4C’s Oxfor discovery elt.oup.com

4- how to ensure they learn these skills?

Classroom should be
. Focused on learning, not tecahing
. Student –centered

5- Focus on learning
http://pt.slideshare.net/mobile/TeacherTrainingCentre/21st-century-skills-some-ideas-about-
teaching-english-today-and-tomorrow-16691998

6- – steacher role

7- curriculums role
 8- teaching tools

Tecnology usage:
Statistic
Ict -
Information and communication tecnologies

http://www.crie.min-edu.pt/files/@crie/estudos/21st%20Century%20Teacher.pdf

ESTRUTURA:

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/özge-karaoğlu/21st-century-students

Education was an easy establishment to define in the past. Today, we have to rethink
and redefine what education, student, teacher are and we have to answer this question :
What is it like to be a 21st century student?
Technology has always played an important role in education but the immense change
in technology and the growing presence of the internet have changed our students
more than ever for the last decade. Today's students grow up with developing
technology, access to internet anytime, anywhere available. They have become
familiar with mobile phones, computers, digital cameras, console games etc. as soon
as they were born. As a result of all these innovations, our students are no longer
thinking and getting the information as they may have had in the past. Technology has
influenced our students the way they learn, get the information, think and
interact.They have become collaborative, autonomous, exploratory and connected
learners. Our education system, curriculum and the approaches we believe in are not
effective anymore because 21st century students have already found new ways to learn
and improve themselves. Marc Prensky coined this term "Digital Natives". They are
today's learners and our students at schools. They are the native speakers of the digital
age and developing technology. They are fluent in using computers, internet, mobile
phones, messaging and console gaming. Connectivity means a lot to them. They are
the ones who are always on and connected. As a result of their interaction with
technology everyday, they are increasingly web-literate. the rest is the Digital
Immigrants who are unfamiliar and uncomfortable with technology that digital natives
use. Being a digital native doesn't necessarily mean that you will always be. In my
opinion, all teachers need to be more familiar with the growing technology because
this is the only way to become a digital native. First we need to use and explore the
technology personally; than we will find the best ways to integrate it into our teaching
to communicate, create and collborate.
Using technology in our classes can help our students become better problem solvers,
constant explorers, more autonomous learners, interactive and collaborative.
Technology helps to collaborate in global projects, it provides authentic material and
is a good way to improve writing and listening skills as well as communication
abilities. It updates us. Our students are always eager to use tecnology at schools
because it reflects their lives. They are already using it. They mail each other
everyday, they send messages via mobile phones, they complete online information
everyday, they chat and they spend most of their lives online.
Our curriculums and methodologies we use will always improve. New approaches will
be popular and adopted, new goals will be added and our digital native students will
always be evolving and changing rapidly as techies. Education, competition and skills
are changing. "We are no longer teaching if what we teach is more important than who
we teach or how we teach" (Carol Tomlinson,Fulfilling the Promise of the
Differentiated Classroom) Our students have already surpassed the limits of our
education systems. We should keep the traditional content that works and helps our
learners in our curriculums but we should also include the future, the future is digital
and it enhance learning. This takes time of course. For us, as teachers, not only using
powerpoints as the only tool; and for our students learning to use technology in an
effective way. Tecnology is a way of life and a necessity and we should be ready to
handle this. It's a long journey and there are a lot to be done not to lose anything on the
way.
I'm not a digital native because I was born in 80's and nor an immigrant. I'm
somewhere in the middle but I strongly believe the importance of engaging ourselves
as teachers and our students as much as we can in technology. What about you? Are
you a native or an immigrant? I look forward to reading your comments.
You can read this article "Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants" from Marc Prensky for
further reading. You can also watch this video. There are many versions of it but this
is the latest one.
Regards and all the best;
Özge
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