Help! Teachers in the 21st century

The 21st century is a challenging era for teachers. Technology shortens our students span ( it is even difficult for us to concentrate!) and we must be in constant search for appealing materials and activities. We must embrace technology but we also have to exploit it to the full, since the mere use of technology does not mean the students will benefit from it. We have to be selective and creative when choosing technological resources. We are the teachers, we are the ones who guide the students  but as teachers we must know computers and technological advancements are at our pupils' service.

The fact that our students spend so much time communicating with people who are far away make them find face-to-face communication difficult. We have to provide them with plenty opportunities to interact with each other and to pass on values that seem to be fading away such as empathy, generosity and tolerance.

Schools have to take advantage of the 'chaos' of these times and encourage students to be creative, to find their identity in a world that is constantly changing, to remember, to learn, to be patient in a world of instant buttonts. We teachers must encourage our students to form their own opinion but to be respectful and accept different points of view.

Well, we must be sort of superheroes, what do you think?