In this Information Age I think
all youngsters have passion for the digital
technology. They have passion to learn and use new technology weather its smartphone
or website. They can access these devices anywhere any time. As it was shown in
the “HOLE IN WALL” article two weeks earlier students get involve with
technology and they don’t even need teachers to show them how to do things.
Students are always keen to use these devices in class room and as 21st century
educator it’s our job to facilitate them and integtegre the digital technology
in class room. In my project when I used Camtasia to deliver a lecture, students
get really excited and they shown a strong desire for this type of learning. They
were excited online lectures as they can access them anytime from their home
and they can watch them as many times possible.
Analytical thinking and application and Critical thinking is
very important part of leaning. It is not enough to learn the knowledge but students
should learn to how use this knowledge in different situations. For this purpose in my project I use different
case questions at the end of the lectures which requires students to do analytical
and critical thinking.
Communication skill is
an important skill. In my project students are required to join discussion
boards after lectures and share their ideas and comments on other ideas as
well. This task provides them opportunity to share their ideas in words and
improve their communication skills.
Understanding the
"bigger picture" is the ultimate goal of the course. Students should
be able to use this knowledge not only in class or in a particular course but they
should apply this knowledge at their work as much as possible. For this reason
student are engaged in real life case studies which obviously cover the solution orientation as well.
It is our job to provide awareness
to students what they are accountable
for. As in many cases students don’t realize that they will be held responsible
for the actions they perform online. For this reason I provide Do and Don’t list
to students when they are communicating with each other on discussion boards.
I try my best to mentor my students but always promote
them to become mentee of other teachers and their elders as well. As it will broaden
their thinking and vision.
As mentioned in the second
articles we as educators should focus on teaching students how to get authentic
information and how they should use this information in their projects or
assignments. Once students have clear guidelines they will follow them and
produce projects which will reflect their own work. For example in my
Leadership course students are require to write a project report of 1000 words.
Before starting the task I provide them following guidelines.
- They can search online and download material from anywhere for information purpose. (Use Internet or Library )
- They have to make sure information provided is correct. (Verify the information)
- How to reference any material (Proper References )
- Use only the ideas not copy the sentences (Write in your own words)
Once they finish their work
they have to upload it on Safe assign. This software will evaluate their work
against Internet and other students work and show them the percentage of
plagiarism in their work. It will also highlight the areas which have been
copied in their project. Students will instantly know their mistakes and they
will do the assignment properly and resubmit it before deadline.
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