Group 2A-4, Activity 1. Seven Roles of the Educator

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ICT can assist the teacher as a mediator by:

Creating an environment that is non-threatening with learning spaces that are equipped with the appropriate, adequate learning resources that may make discussions, conferencing, completing and submitting assignments, planning, executing and evaluating lessons way easier. These spaces such as facebook pages, blogs, wikipedias, and websites/webpages provide tools and resources depending on their nature that allows one to read, post and/or share comments. The use of interactive whiteboards, interactive CD’s and encyclopaedias set up by different software programmes and transmitted by the available hardware will definitely make communication of information more effective to and from the teacher and the student.

ICT can assist the teacher as a designer by:

Giving the teacher the necessary multimedia software programmes to create appropriate teaching and learning documents such as course outlines, registers, worksheets, tests, observational checklists and rubrics; and activities for example, blogs, games, videos, etc.

ICT can assist the teacher as an administrator by:

Providing word processor text editor, text formatting programmes: for example Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher, Outlook, Access, Groove, InfoPath, OneNote, Office Tools to collect, store and interpret data e.g. attendance records, grade books, report cards, transcripts, exams, surveys, etc.

ICT can assist the teacher as a scholar by:

Allowing the teacher to be able to navigate the internet and access different academic institutions, on-line courses, newspapers, encyclopaedias, databases, podcasts and wikispaces among others that may help to develop them personally and professionally.

ICT can assist the teacher in his or her pastoral role by:

Supporting the teachers with their gestures of reaching out to the community of learners by creating documents like curricula, handbooks, rules and regulations, flyers, agendas, letters, brochures, contact cards, report cards, blogs, websites, etc.

ICT can assist the teacher as an assessor by:

The teacher using the word documents and spreadsheets available to create assessment tools and evaluation forms; calculate and record grades, observe and monitor the teaching learning process and record all this to make future decisions.

ICT can further assist the teacher as a specialist by:

Aiding the teacher in remaining an expert in his or her area by tapping into networks, attending on-line training programmes (conferences, seminars, shortcourses, etc.), accessing internet resources, and sharing instructional activities and lesson plans.