1. 20 Countries, 30 Teacher Educators:
International Teacher Education
Course on 21st
Century Instruction
International Online Course
for Teacher Educators
Presenters/ Co Teachers
Kathryn Smith, USA - Betty Burgos, Suriname

2. WHO ARE WE?
WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE WE?
United States - 2
Trinidad and Tobago - 7
United Arab Emirates
Saint Lucia
Uganda
Mexico
Jamaica
Kenya
Barbados - 2
Colombia
Dominica
Japan
Saint Lucia
Azerbaijan
Zimbabwe
Suriname -2

3. Teacher
Education
Making Change
for Digital Age
Instruction

4. TEACHER EDUCATION IN A
DIGITAL AGE

5. Today's future teachers, for the most part, are digital
natives, individuals who grew up with technology as a
part of their personal lives but not their educational
lives. Even though our future teachers are digital
natives, their learning experiences in k - 12 have not
included integrated digital age instruction or
contemporary technologies but rather, traditional
education that requires text based, rote response

7. It is difficult for future teachers to imagine teaching environments where
all students have mobile tablets for learning such as the Apple ipad. The
idea that their students may be located at a distance is not part of their
idea of what they will do as a teacher. Again, students own learning
experiences did not include integrated technology for teaching and learning.
It is important then, that teacher education programs can deliver their
instruction using contemporary technologies to model for new teachers
what 21st century teaching looks like, technology integrated, often offered
at a distance and student rather than teacher centered.

8. 30 TEACHER EDUCATORS / 20 COUNTRIES
CREATE A 21ST CENTURY TEACHER EDUCATION COURSE

9. DIGITAL AGE TOOLS, 21ST CENTURY SKILLS,
PROJECT BASED LEARNING INSTRUCTION
• Forum
• Wiki
• Google App Suite
• Moodle

10. LEARNING COMMUNITY, COMMUNICATION,
COLLABORATION
• Common Concerns
• Sharing Solutions
• Leadership Linkages

11. TEACHER EDUCATORS MODEL 21ST CENTURY
SKILLS AND PROJECT BASED LEARNING
• Course Project
• Global Perspective
• Distance Delivery
• Technology Enhanced
• Inquiry Based
• Collaborative Development

12. Example Week from 21st Century Teacher Education Course
29 October - 4 November
Week 3: Classroom 2040: Teaching Tools for a Digital Age
This week we will explore 21st century approaches to teaching and learning. Examples of future learning environments and instructional tools will support
the need for changes in teacher education programs to prepare future educators for a digital age.
Goals for week 3:
• To learn about trends in 21st century education
• To explore examples of future classroom models
• To review research on the changes needed to deliver the 21st century curriculum
• To explore collaborative writing tools
• Look at three technology tool categories which change teaching and learning
Outcomes for week 3
• Read educators visions for 21st century classrooms
• Look at examples of digital project based schools
• Learn about the characteristics of future students, classrooms and teaching styles
• We will explore wiki's an online communication and collaboration resource
• We will explore google cloud computing another collaboration and document development resource
We are here if you need to contact us:
oasafacilitators@us.iearn.org
• Teacher Preparation for 2040 Resource
• Relevant, Student Centered, Technology Supported - Classroom 2040Resource
• Teacher Education Learning Community - Classroom 2040Forum
• Collaboration Environments - Wiki'sResource
• Teacher Education Learning Community Forum: Creating A World of Learning
• Additional Resources for Technology Tools
• Resources for Week 3 - Technology Examples

13. 21st Century Education - Learning
to Teach in the Digital Age
Contemporary Coursework for Teacher Education Students
• Web Tour
• Wiki Page
• Analysis of Exemplary
Instruction
• Forum Contribution
Digital Age Teacher - New
Tools and Processes
• Course Development Pages

14. DISCUSSION

15. 20 Countries, 30 Teacher Educators:
International Teacher Education Course on 21st
Century Instruction
International Online Course
for Teacher Educators
Presenters/ Co Teachers
Dr.Kathryn Smith, USA - Betty Burgos, Suriname
EduWork.Ltd iEARN/GTP Country Coordinator
21st Century Teaching iEARN Assistant Country Coordinator
Consultants Suriname
eduwork.ltd@gmail.com betty_burgos2003@yahoo.com