Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore once said, "A teacher can never truly teach unless he is still learning himself. A lamp can never light another lamp unless it continues to burn its own flame. The teacher who has come to the end of his subject, who has no living traffic with his knowledge, but merely repeats his lessons to
his students, can only load their minds; he cannot quicken them" (Tagore 1996, p. 64).
With the developing needs of technology in our daily life, the need to understand and express ourselves in terms of technology has also increased. Children prefer websites rather than books. They do not want to go through same old lectures of why they should be studying and why they need to secure their future. For most children future is just another day of getting up and go through the daily chores of getting ready, completing their homework and attending schools. The actual need of the time is getting students ready to live independently in the real world.
For a pupil, getting exposure to real life is actually meant to have a full grown profile on a social networking site, getting to know unknown people, presenting their life history as a unique and priceless moment and protruding "selfies" all over their account, is what they call their life. The most important aspect of this social networking and technology era is that students are more forward in using them as compared to their teachers.
Most of the teachers, as usual, are isolated from these technologies and avoid using it as it is very complex to understand. It is mostly observed that children are bound to take more risks in using technology as compared to their adults. They need to have proper guidance in using these technologies, which ultimately they do not get as their respective adults are unaware about the consequences of using technology in negative way.
Teachers are mostly called the builders of the society or nation, as they are given the most responsible work to shape a citizen by inculcating values among children. What teachers need today is to bond with the current generation and technical knowledge so that they could be one step ahead of their students, who will ultimately follow them.
his students, can only load their minds; he cannot quicken them" (Tagore 1996, p. 64).
With the developing needs of technology in our daily life, the need to understand and express ourselves in terms of technology has also increased. Children prefer websites rather than books. They do not want to go through same old lectures of why they should be studying and why they need to secure their future. For most children future is just another day of getting up and go through the daily chores of getting ready, completing their homework and attending schools. The actual need of the time is getting students ready to live independently in the real world.
For a pupil, getting exposure to real life is actually meant to have a full grown profile on a social networking site, getting to know unknown people, presenting their life history as a unique and priceless moment and protruding "selfies" all over their account, is what they call their life. The most important aspect of this social networking and technology era is that students are more forward in using them as compared to their teachers.
Most of the teachers, as usual, are isolated from these technologies and avoid using it as it is very complex to understand. It is mostly observed that children are bound to take more risks in using technology as compared to their adults. They need to have proper guidance in using these technologies, which ultimately they do not get as their respective adults are unaware about the consequences of using technology in negative way.
Teachers are mostly called the builders of the society or nation, as they are given the most responsible work to shape a citizen by inculcating values among children. What teachers need today is to bond with the current generation and technical knowledge so that they could be one step ahead of their students, who will ultimately follow them.
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