The Importance Of Technology In 21st Century Teaching And Learning

The 21st century has developed into a time where technology is everywhere. Technological advances are being developed daily and are incorporated in people’s everyday lives whether it is during work, school or leisure activities. This is the reason why technology should be used to support student learning and achievement. According to Intel Corporation (2009), being proficient in technology and the network is an essential part of life in the 21st century. I believe one must be proficient in technology to be able to function successfully in the workforce. This proficiency should start in the classroom and should continue throughout one’s education and followed throughout

Since its conception, technology has brought about change in life and more importantly the education of students in the classroom. Technology in the public education system has been a heated debate for many years. The main problem is not whether or not technology can help teach students in the modern classroom, but rather how teachers and students alike use that technology to further the learning process in the classroom. The balance of technology and how to best incorporate that technology is the issue facing classrooms today. There are many best practices and ways ahead regarding the use of technology in the classroom that relate to teachers and standards, curriculum/ instruction, diversity and inclusion, bilingual/ ELL and special education. All these current issues facing the future of education play a part in how to best use technology in the classroom.

Education and the way in which we reach our students is ever evolving and changing. In order to become more confident in my 21st Century skills, I must commit my way of learning to that of a digital native. Technology and its intricacies must become so ingrained in my daily routine that it becomes natural. Digital literacy is a continual learning process. Knowing this, I must be willing to adapt and change my way of teaching from 20th Century skills to 21st Century skills.

The 21st-century learners of today’s society, demand quick access to new knowledge and are very relational. More than that, they can engage in learning at a whole new level. The world is literally at their fingertips of today’s students. Now more than ever students need administrators and, most importantly, teachers to re-envision the role in which technology can be implemented into lesson plans. It has come to a point where technology is now a common implantation in the classroom, starting as young as pre-school

Future learning in the 21st century can illustrate a materialise collection of new ideas, knowledge, beliefs, practices and theories. Hence, the 21st century learning environment will favour on two different ideas. Firstly, all students ability to engage and be successful in education is important, and hence, the top priority. Secondly, the global environment changes leads the people to engage and work with a different background of culture and religion (Bolstad et al., 2012, p.7). Furthermore, education is driven by two factors: globalisation and social change, which has an influence growth on technologies that has significantly impacted on how students learn and communicate. This is guided by the Australian curriculum and teaching methods that allows students to explore variety uses of technology.

In the past decade, advances in technology have contributed to a leap in quantitative changes in education, allowing for a gradual, if not rapid, introduction of innumerable digital tools to enhance the very culture and approach of education in virtually all required subjects. One example this is reflected in an informative 2011 analysis regarding ambitious integration of and experimentation with advances in technology for the social sciences titled, “Retooling the Social Studies Classroom for the Current Generation.” Here, a quartet of authors combine their talents and experiences to describe popular and innovative uses of digital media in modern-day social studies classrooms full of imagination. Over the course of this article, they aspire to inform and convince current and future teachers educating in the social sciences of the necessary challenge in embracing the advantageous likes of online collaboration, participation, interaction, and the building of social networks in consideration of the updated National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) guidelines for technology. The purpose of this peer-reviewed article is to briefly probe and critically evaluate the potential value of effectively utilizing and incorporating Web 2.0 tools as detailed by the academic study – with its emphasis on blogging, wikis, and digital media–sharing) – in a social studies classroom, regardless of grade level or past experience.

John Dewey once said, "If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow." Technology is advancing and becoming a bigger part of our lives on a daily basis. Limiting students' use of technology would be a disservice to them. It is my belief that technology is an essential 21st century skill, which is why in my classroom it will be implemented to the fullest extent as a supplement to in class instruction. It is my goal for all my students to leave the classroom having at least a moderate understanding of how to use technology in their future education and in their everyday lives.

Technology plays a major role within our society and world-wide. In order to prepare our students for the 21st century learning environment, the school district will ensure student success by leading to higher education, work, and life-long learning, embedding an equitable and accessible 21st century learning environment along with supporting students with emerging technologies through the curriculum. This learning environment will include available and current technologies, information resources, and training to help ensure innovative teaching and learning in the classroom. Our district’s entire educational community will collaboratively work to provide this digitally-rich environment in order to equip our students to become independent, life-long learners who are prepared to meet the challenges ahead.

Tap, tap, tap is going to be the new fad. Everywhere people go, they see technology being integrated into different buildings. From office buildings to fast food restaurants, computer screens and text are displayed everywhere. How come these places are combining technology with business? Well, schools are incorporating the same principles into their commonplaces. Classrooms, libraries, and hallways are all starting to light up with computer screens and tvs everywhere. Educational facilities are turning to use the internet to teach by utilizing online teaching methods, class communications, and the Google apps.

The inspiration to review flipped classroom as a topic of exploration stems from this author’s interest and expertise in using technology and how it can be used to engage and enhance the classroom environment today. Most high school seniors were born during the millennium and they grew up simultaneous with the birth of smartphones, youtube, myspace, facebook, snapchat and instagram. With the increase in technology on a daily basis, one begins to ponder what is the future of education and the type of instruction that is necessary in the classroom to prepare students. Flipped classroom became an interest because it involves using online lectures to provide teachers with more time in the classroom on activities that will strengthen the skills needed for the 21st Century.

Teaching and learning in the 21st century develop skills beyond listening, watching and remembering. Education in the 21st century incorporates advanced learning tools, development of skills, while actively involved in your own learning and environment. Also, education today is motivating while inspiring and preparing students for today’s world. Students gain the ability to adapt when needed for the changing world of tomorrow. Twenty-first century education is understanding how students learn with a more hands-on approach while building skills. However, the ‘4C’s creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration’ (Kolk, 2011) are skills that are important for students learning. Therefore, they can actively consume and create data and knowledge in ways that deliver substance and relevance to them (Bolstad, Gilbert, McDowall, Bull, Boyd & Hipkins, 2012; Watson, 2012). Clearly, the classroom in the 21st century is a modern environment. This modern environment consisting of little groups of tables placed together for students to sit and learn together as well as discuss what they are doing. Meanwhile, displaying student’s art to decorate the classroom has a sense of pride. Above all, the classroom has visible items as an interactive whiteboard, Internet access, projector and computers, accessible for student and teachers daily.

This week we discovered the impact that videos and movies have on the 21st Century classroom. One of the articles chosen for this week discussed research that focused on how movies or video that were used as pre class instruction in flipped classrooms and the impact that it had on students in an under graduated science based class. A second article chosen for this week discussed the benefits of technology in the 21st Century classroom specifically at video and its impact on students. These resources all tie in with this week’s Christian World Review of II Corinthians9:6-19 and Romans 8:26-39 in that we must love and serve God with our whole heart in return we will have internal life.

“Currently we live in an era driven by information, global competition and new technologies that are changing the way we think, live and work.” (Pillay, Boulton-Lewis & Wilss 2004, p.17). This conveys the notion that technology has manipulated the minds of today’s generation in every way possible, could be during schooling and non-schooling life. Hence in order for one’s teaching style to go successful one should teach in accordance to the characteristics of the generation they’re teaching as today’s generation requires a digital pedagogy. Furthermore this essay scrutinizes how the characteristics of the 21st century and the digital world will influence the type of teacher one hopes to become. As well as it examines on the construction of skill development towards students from the trending of digital fluency.

Technology has become indispensible from our day-to-day life. Advances in information Technology have revolutionized how people communicate and learn in nearly every aspect of modern life. Efficient access of present technology is possible for a child of 21st century without any guidance.Why don’t we use such technology in Education? Technology in education provides access to various e-learning resources, anytime-anywhere-collaborative learning, multimedia approaches, and online libraries which increases educational productivity.So, the nature of learning must be collaborated with digital technologies.WWW is transforming teaching and learning. It is important to discover and understand the extent to which these technologies could

Twenty first century teaching and learning is the education system that we have today. It prepares our young learners with the advanced skills to address their challenges within their future. Certain core competencies such as collaboration, digital technology, literacy and critical thinking and problem solving are supported by the communication, technology and education that is provided in the 21st century. Comparing teaching and learning in the 20th century, to teaching and learning in the 21st century a high and vast amount of change is existent. In the 20th century, learning was mainly textbook driven, today learning is driven by re-search, digital technology, and the world around the learner. In the 20th century teachers would provide passive learning, today in the 21st century teachers are now obliged to provide