Okay so after missing the first tutorial of Managing
e-Learning I will say how difficult it was to stay focused and on task because
I had no real idea of what was going on. However, in saying this, I was able to
pull certain parts out of the lesson which I had a bit of background knowledge
of- Productive Pedagogies. In addition, I am still not as confident as I would
like to be about this topic, but, today’s lesson helped me shape a better understanding.
For instance, productive pedagogies are basically made up of four aspects:
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Complex
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Connectedness
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Supportive
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Cultural knowledge
Complex is part
of considered a productive pedagogy as it includes students to think at higher
levels. This aspect helps with facilitating a deep knowledge through Blooms Taxonomy
which allows for high order thinking. Also planning learning that can be
considered problem based to enable the students to think outside the box.
Connectedness is
where the information given is relevant or interesting and connects to their
background knowledge. It can help the students make links between content and
prior experiences in a real life context.
Supported learning
can be achieved by facilitating collaborative learning which conversations are important.
It should also fundamentally support learning that is owned, controlled or
managed by the students. In this case, students can be given options or choice
to support their own learning style in order for them to achieve a better
outcome. However it is also a necessity that teachers are supportive through
their teaching pedagogies to scaffold the learning.
Finally, the last productive pedagogy is cultural knowledge. This is where students should be proud of
their own heritage or culture and embrace the different aspects they can bring
to the learning environment. In order to achieve this, they must be supported
socially and value their cultural knowledge.
That is my understanding of productive pedagogies within the
classroom environment.
Introducing TPACK
Other than that another thing I understood from the tute was
the TPACK framework. So far I am aware that it stands for Technological,
Pedagogical and Content knowledge. After reasearching and finding a few different reasons i have developed a better understanding of the framework. Basically from my understanding is that you can combine your content knowledge from one Key Learning Area and effectively combine it with a technology aspect. In addition, you can also combine your content knowledge to teaching (Pedgogical knowledge) the content or specific Key Learning Area. Also using your pegagogical knoweledge to teach technology within the classroom. Anyway, the point is that they all overlap and has opened my eyes to a new framework to incorperate in the classroom.
One thing that was really didn’t work today was the
different hats on the wiki space. Every time we wrote something in the space
provided and saved it deleted anything that anyone else had previously written
in there. The content on the page was engaging and interesting, yet it was the
editing stage where it went wrong. This is a fine example of how technology can
have a downfall within the classroom! Technology is not always successful, so
ensure that you have a back up plan
;-) That is all. Goodbye and Goodnight fellow bloggers.
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