We must all use whatever opportunities to keep abreast in our field.
Earlier this year, when the grade 10s were doing an activity on interviews, I was asked how I keep up to date. I had a number of answers but I have started doing something else which helps me keep up to date.
I review journal articles for publication in an academic peer reviewed journal. As I have a PhD I was approached to be a reviewer. In most academic institutions lecturers have to publish to keep their job. Well, I check if the articles they want to publish are satisfactory. I am sent the articles the editors deem are in my field - to date I have worked in the field of K-12 and university ICT integration. It is nice to be recognised in the international academic field. And this keeps me up to date.
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Hi Pam. I wholeheartedly agree that teachers in this field are continually pushed to keep abreast of developments. Things are constantly changing - when we started the subject just a few years ago people were still using stiffy disks and now? Some useful things are to subscribe to reputable mailing lists etc, I find the iol.co.za technology page is quite useful. Now and again, if teachers can then mail your colleagues a particularly useful article you may have found and scanned (include source and date though). This subject is very dependent on collaboration and it is a 21st century learning skill that learners can benefit from.
The IOL pages are good, I agree.
Please send me useful links which I can share on the blog. docpam@gmail.com
Thanks
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