Page 163 - FerMUN 2020 - Futurecasters Global Young Visionaries Summit, 8th-10th January 2020

As part of the Summit, a teachers’ roundtable session was held on 9 January, 2020, from 14:00
to 16:00, and was attended by around 50 teachers from the 23 countries participating in the
summit.

The session explored different aspects of ICT issues at the high school level specifically ICTs and

its place in high school curriculum, the level of digital skills taught at high school, access to
resources as well as the digital skills requirements of the teachers.

The session also explored benefits and challenges that high school teachers encounter in the
classroom. The session sparked debates, where the teachers drove the discussion themselves

and exchanged views on the issues discussed.

The director of the ITU’s Development Sector (BDT), Ms Doreen Bogdan, welcomed the
teachers, thanking them for their participation in the summit and feedback they provided
through the survey. She informed the teachers that the results of the survey show that many

schools teach ICTs as 90% of the survey respondents reported that they have ICTs as part of
their school curriculum. She also mentioned that the survey results show that not all schools
have the necessary resources to teach ICTs. She encouraged the teachers to think more about

how young people can be further equipped to deal with the plethora of information they find
in the internet, and how to determine the validity of the information.

For discussions, the session was divided into two parts. For the first part, an onsite poll was
conducted which consisted of two questions. 39 people participated in question 1 and 37 in

question 2. Question 1 asked the audience to select the biggest challenge in education
brought by the digital technology from a list of 4 challenges. “Validity of online information”
scored the highest with 48.7% of the votes followed by “Decreased attention span of students”

with 35.9%. The second question invited the teachers to select the biggest advantage that
digital technologies brought to the classroom from a list of three opportunities. “Enhancing
teaching by introducing innovative technology such as simulation software, etc” scored the
highest with 51.4% of the votes followed by “Making knowledge accessible to all” with 37.8%

of the votes.

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