The development of technology enriches our life styles in many ways. The way we communicate, spend our leisure time, work, and learn is hugely affected by a variety of technical changes. In the field of learning, a formal schooling is no more the only way we could teach and learn. Beyond the teaching knowledge at a school, today’s teachers must be prepared to guide the learners to experience and adapt many different fields of knowlege during the learning process. Within the use of technology, lots of chances are available for leaners to find the most suited field to themselves. Moreover, the roles of teacher became much more important than in the past. According to the article, Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital AGE, “Many learners will move into a variety of different, possibly unrelated fields over the course of their lifetime”. As this trend is continuing, a teacher is responsible for learners joining into the new learning space such as blogs, wikis, and other networks. The Impact of Social Media on Learning also emphasizes the influence of social software in learning, “The social software that we see today in form of blogs and wikis developed in order to enable the individuals to quickly change knowledge field to continue learning from each other”.
Like this, in the digital world, we could learn more than just one knowledge field. There are a lot of opportunities to see and learn many other areas that we could utilize in the future life as well. In terms of that, a teacher must help the learners to find the field where they are interested in and suitable the most. By providing sources related to various knowledge fields through the social media and technology, a teacher plays an important role in leading the learners to find the right path of their lives. That is why I compare a teacher of today to a compass in respect of navigating the right direction. 
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Your concept of a teacher as a compass works very well!
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