Edited by Steve Alexander-Jones, Tuesday, 26 Apr 2016, 08:12
Activity 21: The chicken and egg conundrum –
technology and pedagogy inter-relate
Timing: 3
hours
1 Use
the forum to discuss the relationship between technology and pedagogic theory
and practice, drawing on your own context and experience.
What is your own
experience and view?
I live and teach
in China currently at an IB World School, my experience of technology within
teaching extends to the use of "Smartboards" in the classroom and
students access to it outside of the classroom, usually at home rather than at
school
Do you regard
either pedagogy or technology as more significant than the other?
Technology
supports pedagogy especially as it has to cater towards the available
technology within the users school environment and the available tech. However
in the age of the "app" technology has evolved to such an extent that
applications are created to develop pedagogy in areas possibly not previously
thought of
How do technology
and pedagogy influence each other?
Having just
returned from a workshop with EARCOS entitled "Transforming your
classroom" we discussed and presented a large number of technological aids
to pedagogy. However we had to always keep in mind "How does it help the
learner?" student centred learning (SCL) should be our focus when
implementing technology within the learning environment at all times
Do you have
experience where either technology or pedagogy has been given more weight than
the other?
In this area my
experience probably extends to that of the TOEFL online test where the
assessment is, in my opinion done in an unnatural environment and is not
conducive to the students passing the exam. Other times where technology has
been used but is inappropriate is a school I know of where all textbooks are
online and students use tablets to access and annotate, this particular
school does not have reliable internet access as such problems with pedagogy
occur very regularly
WK 12 ACTIVITY 21 THE CHICKEN AND THE EGG!
Activity 21: The chicken and egg conundrum – technology and pedagogy inter-relate
Timing: 3 hours
1 Use the forum to discuss the relationship between technology and pedagogic theory and practice, drawing on your own context and experience.
What is your own experience and view?
I live and teach in China currently at an IB World School, my experience of technology within teaching extends to the use of "Smartboards" in the classroom and students access to it outside of the classroom, usually at home rather than at school
Do you regard either pedagogy or technology as more significant than the other?
Technology supports pedagogy especially as it has to cater towards the available technology within the users school environment and the available tech. However in the age of the "app" technology has evolved to such an extent that applications are created to develop pedagogy in areas possibly not previously thought of
How do technology and pedagogy influence each other?
Having just returned from a workshop with EARCOS entitled "Transforming your classroom" we discussed and presented a large number of technological aids to pedagogy. However we had to always keep in mind "How does it help the learner?" student centred learning (SCL) should be our focus when implementing technology within the learning environment at all times
Do you have experience where either technology or pedagogy has been given more weight than the other?
In this area my experience probably extends to that of the TOEFL online test where the assessment is, in my opinion done in an unnatural environment and is not conducive to the students passing the exam. Other times where technology has been used but is inappropriate is a school I know of where all textbooks are online and students use tablets to access and annotate, this particular school does not have reliable internet access as such problems with pedagogy occur very regularly