Technology-based pedagogy guidelines

Technology-based Pedagogy Guiding Beliefs
(Technology’s Value as a Teaching Tool)

Ø Accommodates different learning styles (Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences)
Ø Enables collaboration/links students together/sharing of information
Ø Creates lasting digital archives
Ø Links isolated classrooms to the outside world
Ø Facilitates the use of new types of writing/literacy activities (non-linear)
Ø Helps teaching keep pace with societal changes
Ø Content should precede technology
Ø Technology changes the nature of content

Ø If you use technology to teach, you will encounter technical difficulties
Ø The newer the technology, the more likely you will encounter problems
Ø But, you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs
Ø To learn how to teach with technologies, you have to try them
Ø You can’t be afraid of making mistakes; mistakes are a natural part of the learning process
Ø Always have a backup plan; flexible
Ø Making mistakes can be frustrating, so it’s useful to be patient and not aim for perfection//process orientation rather than a product orientation
Ø Students often will know more about technologies than you do, so they can be useful resources
Ø You don’t have to know everything there is about a technology to try it
Ø You learn technology by using it, not reading about it
Ø Make friends with the technology support people; patience

[Source: http://www.english.iup.edu/pagnucci/courses/808/unit7-teaching/lecture-technologicalpedagogyprinciples.doc]