Important technology skills for teachers

"Ed-tech professor Bernie Poole (2012) identifies six essential technology-related skills every good teacher should possess -- or acquire."(Poole, 2012)

Summary

"There's no getting away from it; technology in schools is here to stay. But technology must be integrated effectively if it is to make a difference in the way teachers teach and students learn." (Poole, 2012). Below, there are six important skills for teacher.

PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

"Every teacher should be proficient in the use of productivity tool."(Poole, 2012)
Teachers should know many different types of data. One of them is the "productivity tool" (word processor, spreadsheet, database, and presentation software) are available on all computers and are the obvious tools to use for most teaching and learning tasks. (Poole, 2012).

 The modern "word processor" is a "multimedia tool". Teachers with this "multimedia tool" can create an attractive environment and they provide a varitey of different materials. Every teacher should learn how to use it well. Also, "every teacher also should know how to capture numerical data in a spreadsheet, use formulas to manipulate that data, and display it in charts and graphs. Every teacher should be familiar with presentation software such as PowerPoint not because presentation tools make great slide shows for teachers, but because they make great slide shows for students." (Poole, 2012).

Also, teachers should know the "Drawing tools", combined with other productivity tools, which are invaluable for spicing up handouts, worksheets, slides, and the like. (Poole, 2012).
In addition teachers, can use more produvtivily tools. You can see "Prezi as a tool for interactive presentations and "Interactive Whiteboards".

TROUBLESHOOTING

"Every teacher should be able to troubleshoot technology-related problems that commonly crop up in the classroom".(Poole, 2012)

For example, "you should know that when a computer is behaving oddly in any way, the simplest solution often is to turn off the computer and then turn it back on."  (Poole, 2012).

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

"Every teacher should know where to go for technical assistance." (Poole, 2012)
The technology can support the "technicall staff".(Poole, 2012)

WEB RESOURCES

"Every teacher should be familiar with what's available on the Web in his or her subject area."(Poole, 2012)

The web is a huge resourse and offer teaching changes. Teachers have the possibility to enhance their learning experiences. "Web sites such as Education World are good places to start." (Poole, 2012).

SEARCH SKILLS

"Every teacher should have well-honed Web searching skills."(Poole, 2012)
Teachers can increase their web searching skills through the technology.

INTEREST AND FLEXIBILITY

"Every teacher should be open to new ways of doing things."(Poole, 2012)
Teachers have the opportunity to participate in online discussion group or in aforum in order to share ideas.
"One excellent discussion group is the EDTECH listserv and it's free to join." (Poole, 2012).

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Producer: Edutopia, http://www.youtube.com/user/edutopia

Concluding Comments

The article mention a variety of skills, which teachers can be obtain. This is a significant and useful article for teachers and helpfully for the teaching process. It is important to highlight that these skills is sustainably interesting in order to help the students learning and experiences. First of all, require the responsibility and the desire from teachers to know new skills. But, this is not happen always, so there is no development of teachers and students always.

You can see also:

http://www.pitt.edu/~poole

References

Edutopia,(2012). Edutopia on Youtube. Retrieved November 15,2012, from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=O5sfuo3ojr4

Poole, B. (2012). Education Word pages. Retrieved November 15, 2012, from

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech227.shtml