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What it Takes to be an Effective Teacher in the 21 st Century Esther Wojcicki English-Journalism Teacher Palo Alto High School V. Chair Creative Commons

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What does it take to be an effective 21st century teacher? The role of the teacher has changed. Part 1 Keynote at Oregon Southern University technology conference

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  • 1. What it Takes to be an Effective Teacher in the 21st Century
    Esther Wojcicki
    English-Journalism Teacher
    Palo Alto High School
    V. Chair Creative Commons

2. COURAGE!
3. The role of the teacherhas changed
4. Many things have changed in education
5. 6. Back in the early part of the 20th century, teachers were the primary source of information
7. 8. Students sat in the classroom and teachers lectured...
Students learned from listening to their teachers
9. Teachers and books were the primary
source of information
10. TEACHER in CENTER STAGE
11. BOOKS AND LIBRARIESWERE KEY
12. This structure of education continued until the end of the 20th century and the
birth of the personal computer
13. IBM developed the first personal computer
but the revolution
didn't really happen
until
1984
14. VIDEO
15. Macintosh was the beginning of the personal technological revolution
16. In 1999
was born....and
the way people got information wasforever changed
17. Anyone with a computer could now look up anything on the Internet and learn 24/7
The role of the book, the library and the teacher were forever changed everywhere
except in the classroom
18. The majority of teachers today still think of themselves as the
SAGE ON THE STAGE
and use the lecture method of instruction
19. They forget that today kids have
easy access to information via

  • their computer

20. their smart phone 21. their tablet device