Future Thinking

Ollie suggests that we as educators should embrace new technologies, but we should take five key principles into consideration:

1.     Let’s keep education values based and concentrate on what is important to a human being. I believe too that it is of great importance to provide a positive learning environment based on certain human values, because first of all the students have to build up their personalities and then their professional status.

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2.    Let’s teach young people to be resilient.  Resilience provides people with the strength and fortitude to confront the overwhelming obstacles they are bound to face in life.  The educator must help the students in this area. He/she has to provide them with authentic evidence of academic success; show them that they are valued members of a community; reinforce feelings that they have made a real contribution to their community; make them feel empowered. You can read more about the resilience of students here

http://www.resilience-education.org/

3.    Let’s teach young people to embrace change. Since there is now way back in evolution, we should teach the students accept the new technologies, as long as we have accepted them ourselves, of course.

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4.    Let’s put innovation at the heart of every curriculum. The curriculum is the vehicle for developing and enhancing the skills that educators must acquire in order to successfully teach students. Putting innovation into the curriculum improves the chances of success.

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5.    Let us as educators remain positive and deliver the best possible service to children. Teachmag  is suggesting some ways to be a positive educator here

http://www.teachmag.com/archives/7295