The 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher should Have
This is an excerpt from a blog post written by Med Kharbach through Educational Technology and Mobile Learning (www.educatorstechnology.com) He has compiled a list of skills, along with web sites to help with those skills.
The 21st century teacher should be able to :
1- Create and edit digital audio
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
Free Audio Tools for Teachers
2- Use Social bookmarking to share resources with and between learners
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
A List of Best Bookmarking Websites for Teachers
3- Use blogs and wikis to create online platforms for students
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
Great Tools to Create Protected Blogs and Webpages for your Class
4- Exploit digital images for classroom use
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
5- Use video content to engage students
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
6- Use infographics to visually stimulate students
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
7- Use Social networking sites to connect with colleagues and grow professionally
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
8- Create and deliver asynchronous presentations and training sessions
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
A List of The Best Presentation Tools for Teachers
9- Compile a digital e-portfolio for their own development
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
Free Tools to Create Digital Portfolios
10- Have a knowledge about online security
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
11- be able to detect plagiarized works in students assignments
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
Free Plagiarism Detector Tools fr Teachers and Educators
12- Create screen capture videos and tutorials
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
Five Great Screen Capture Tools for Teachers
13- Curate web content for classroom learning
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
10 Must have Bookmarklets for Teachers
14- Use and provide students with task management tools to organize their work and plan their learning
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
A List of Great Task Management Tools for Educators
15- Use polling software to create a real-time survey in class
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
15 Free and Easy Poll/ Survey Tools for Teachers
16- Understand issues related to copyright and fair use of online materials
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
17- Exploit computer games for pedagogical purposes
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
18- Use digital assessment tools to create quizzes
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
Free Tools to Create and Administer Quizzes
19- Use of collaborative tools for text construction and editing
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
A List of Great Free Collaborative Tools for Educators
20- Find and evaluate authentic web based content
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
The Three Effective Ways Teachers Should Know about
21- Use of mobile devices like tablets
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
22- Identify online resources that are safe for students browsing
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
A List of Awesome Kids-safe Websites
23- Use digital tools for time management purposes
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
24- Learn about the different ways to use YouTube in your classroom
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
25- Use note taking tools to share interesting content with your students
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
26- Annotate web pages and highlight parts of text to share with your class
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
13 Free Web Annotation Tools for Teachers to Draw, Add notes,and highlight interesting parts in webpages
27- Use of online graphic organizers and printables
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
A List of Free Graphic Organizers for Educators
28- Use of online sticky notes to capture interesting ideas
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
13 Free Sticky Notes Tools for Teachers and Students
29- Use of screen casting tools to create and share tutorials
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
A List of The Best Free Screen Casting Tools for Teachers to Recordand Share Tutorials
30- Exploit group text messaging tools for collaborative project work
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
9 Free Group Text Messaging for Educators
31- Conduct an effective search query with the minimum time possible
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
The Entire Google Search Guide for Teachers
32- Conduct A Research Paper Using Digital Tools
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
33- Use file sharing tools to share docs and files with students online
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
A List of the Best Free File Sharing Tools
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