Teaching in the 21st century

Take a look at these pages and watch the video below:

36 things every 21st century teacher should be able to do 

The 33 digital skills every 21st century teacher should have


Martha Gabriel fala sobre o papel do novo professor e o uso das TIC na educação


Which skills do you have? Which skills do you need to develop? How are you going to accomplish that?

Which skills are necessary for the 21st century teacher?

In your opinion, which skills should 21st century teachers have? Why?

Create a mind map using Popplet and share the URL to your map here as a comment.

Task 3: Creating a digital activity for the 21st century classroom

Choose one tech tool we have used during this module (or another one you already use) and design an activity for your learners based on the principles of 21st century teaching and learning and technology integration.

Describe the group (level and age), the aims, the steps and the resources you will be using.

These questions may help you:

What? (What is the technology?)

Who? (Who are the learners?)

Where? (Where are they going to perform the activity? At home, in class, in te lab?)

When? (When are they going to do that? During the class, after the class, before the class?)

Why? (What is the aim of the activity? How will it enhance students' language learning? How will it prepare students for the 21st century and the digital age?)

How? (How will it be done? Describe the steps for the activity)

Then, share it here with the group.

New Technologies I - Assessment

Hello @ll,

As we have discussed yesterday, the inter-assessement tasks to be accomplished by next Friday (July 25th) are:

1) Explore the blog. Visit the pages and links, read the posts and share your opinions and suggestions.

2) Read Vera Menezes's paper on the evolution of technologies in ELT. The text is on the platform (Material do Estudante) and also in the E-library page here in the blog.

3) If you have a smartphone, check that you have a QR code reader app. If you don't, please install it and bring it to class next Saturday.

See you then! 
Have a great weekend! =)

Education in the digital era

In our last class, we talked a lot about the changes in both society and education in the digital age. Here are three great videos that summarize and complement our debate. It's really worth watching them to understand the necessary changes we have to accomplish as teachers.

Educação na Sociedade do Conhecimento - Viviane Mosé

Educ@r: A (r)evolução digital na educação - Martha Gabriel

#PensadoresTIC | Martha Gabriel fala sobre o papel do novo professor e o uso das TIC na educação

How can you relate these three videos to your reality and practice as an EFL teacher?

Please, share your thoughts and ideas here.  

Potentials and challenges of technologies/digital age

In groups, discuss the potentials and challenges of using technologies in education and in the digital age and make a list. Then, go to Glogster and create a poster with your ideas and share them with the group.

New technologies, new pedagogies

After you watch the video below, discuss the following questions in groups:

1) What was the problem with the use of new technologies in the school?
2) Why do you think that happened?
3) What could be done to overcome this problem?
4) What would be a good pedagogy/methodology to use the new technology in that school?

After your discussion, imagine you are a teacher in that school. How can you help the teacher to use new technologies in a more appropriate way for the digital age?

Prepare a small presentation using Google Drive Presentation to use in the school, presenting innovative ways of using new technologies. Then, share it here.