Teaching is a great profession, much above any other. With the arrival of information technology in the education arena, the teachers are facing new challenges. Students have access to the internet which may enable them to search the net and come up with lot of advanced information about the topics being taught in the class. But the Net is an ocean with lot of information, some of which are authentic, while some others are erratic or misleading or unreliable. It is in this context that teachers assume greater importance, who could apply their knowledge accrued over decades of learning and teaching. The information collected by students need to be authenticated by teachers who have the knowledge and wisdom to do this effectively. In short, teachers should become proficient in IT and also be ready to apply their knowledge to guide the students, who may be misguided by the wrong inputs they may collect from the Net. The future of teaching profession is really in for a great leap forward in the Internet era.
From the inaugural address at the Workshop on Information technology for teaching held at VMFT on 27th August 2011
