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Top 5 to be Virtual Teachers and not die trying
This guide is designed for all those Tutors or Virtual Teachers who have requested to do my homework essay, but at some point along the way it feels that society, technology, and the educational system are leading us at a trot with our heels on, our briefcase in the left arm loaded with knowledge, on the right the last ideal device (according to the experts) to include it as a learning tool and always ready to immerse ourselves in the Bus of innovation of the Virtual educational system.
Do you feel identified?
We'll talk a bit about why you feel this way.
From Digital Immigrant to Virtual Teacher
Those who were born before the Network generation, with childhood and part of their youth, within an analog context." That is to say; We have not experienced this technological flood so intensely, but we are obliged to train ourselves in it very quickly.
Many of us belong to that generation and we face the typical characteristics of an immigrant: we adapt to the environment, but preserving a certain connection with the past and sometimes it is difficult for us to integrate new idioms typical of technology, which the natives find flows naturally.
While it is true that we must know about technology and adapt to it, we have a magic tool in our briefcase, in our brains, and in our hearts: the intention of always finding pedagogical mediation.
As defined by Prieto:
It is the task of promoting and accompanying learning in any context and at any age of potential learners "
Starting from there, we can indicate what skills we should focus on to successfully achieve our purpose:
Get started with planning your course
The first thing to achieve success when applying an online course is the planning or prior organization, that is: to properly distribute the times, select the materials and resources to use, design the teaching and learning strategies, as well as the activities, instruments, and weightings of evaluations, etc.
Know the Technology
Since technology will be the means of communication with students, as it is the vehicle that will transport the teaching and learning resources, it is necessary to have a complete command of the platform and all those additional technological resources that it will use.
Due to the fact that a new ICT resource appears and you do not know it at the time of applying for the course, I recommend not venturing, since, instead of appearing innovative, you run the risk of hindering the educational process. I invite you to learn from it and when you feel safe include it in your planning.
Do not forget the Pedagogy
Under this modality, it is essential that the teacher knows how to teach and how to interact with his students, since it is not enough to be an expert in the matter, if he is not able to share, discuss and discern that knowledge with them.
This is the first part of my series of blogs. All of them can be read here: https://canvas.yc.edu/eportfolios/13768/Home/Learning_objectives_learning_to_write_them
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