They say nothing is permanent in this world and only changes are permanent. Our education system is one of the things that change from the traditional system to modernizing system. In this modernizing world the 21st century teacher is needed to know more about technology because its play a big role in education now a day. It is not technology that is having the biggest influence on what we do; it is the speed of change being thrust upon us. We also have more access to information and ideas, so we can do better. If you know better, you have to do better. As a 21st century teacher you must be adapter because the only constant that we can count on education is change.
As the world continuously moves forward, if you stand still, you are ultimately falling behind. We do not have to change everything, but we need to continuously evaluate our practices and the impact on students to grow and get better. New resources and initiatives will always be part of education, and we need to critically think about them, and ask questions to move forward, but we need to model the same openness to learning and change that we expect from our students. We have to be in the mindset where innovation in the norm, not the exception. As a we need to look at what our students need and create opportunities for them to learn in deeper and meaningful ways. They will need to become this in their world, and hopefully it is because of us, not in spite of us.
Maria Venus Valentino 