http://safeshare.tv/w/njwuiArkMn Dr. Tony Wagner, co-director of Harvard\'s Chan

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http://safeshare.tv/w/njwuiArkMn Dr. Tony Wagner, co-director of Harvard's Change Leadership Group has identified what he calls a "global achievement gap," which is the leap between what even our best schools are teaching, and the must-have skills of the future: Critical thinking and problem-solving Collaboration across networks and leading by influence Agility and adaptability Initiative and entrepreneurialism Effective oral and written communication Accessing and analyzing information Curiosity and imagination These conversations have been going on in various forms I think for as long as technology and education have intersected. In my own experience (on two separate occasions) I have had to engage a discussion of proficiencies (academic, professional, technology among them). There was in the early 2000's a conversation in academe addressing technology in the classroom and what that academic and learning profile would look like should technology be embraced in the learning environment. Much of discussion involved learner centered outcomes, assessment, engagement, proficiencies, access among others. Lost in the conversation was the reality learners about whom we were talking at the time, were growing up with these technologies and accompanying expectations associated with what emerging technologies provided in the way of immediate and portable access. Analogous to this are the conversations we have at times about the shift from vinyl to 8-track to cassette tapes to CD's to MP3's... Many learners today view vinyl in a nostalgically and tapes and CD's as outmoded and outdated. I would venture to say any young person born at the turn of the century (2000) has never known anything but portable information and media modalities (smartphones and tablets) or bought a cassette or CD for that matter. Information is almost completely portable: text books, television, movies, music etc. This gets to the next part of the discussion. Where once educators discussed learner proficiencies and integration of skillsets associated with technology; we have not had the conversations about our own proficiencies with the same technologies; we have a gap in understanding and skillsets within the professoriate! I have accessed and posted to our class from my iPhone 4S! I'm not sure many of the professors I had along my doctoral path could say that! As a final question - what kinds of technologies do you see approaching that may change the tenor of this conversation once again? Think Google Glass!

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Many new technologies are now evolving in this fast era. And there is need to use these technologies in the teaching – learning process. Teaching-learning should not be the traditional blackboard teaching. Now classroom is adapting itself with modern digital technology. We can use many technologies as follows:

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