Improvisation and Innovation

So now I'm improvising. Cause that's what Digital Pedagogy is - improvisation. When reading that line in the article written by Morris I decided to stop there and spend the rest of this postgraduate certification improvising. Or maybe that's not what he meant.

Morris writes, "Pedagogy has at its core timeliness, mindfulness and improvisation."

I realise now that this doesn't mean I can wing it. But what does it mean. Words that Morris used to describe teaching in a modern sense were "instanaeous", "momentary" and a "vital exchange". When looking at how traditional approaches view teaching, there is no exchange or conversation. it is a one way feed of information from lecturer to pupil.

How does digital pedagogy fit into all of this though? Well, it is the medium of a conversation and interaction. This occurs between different staekholders or role players, all of which can change their roles. Students learn from lecturers, learn from students and learn from the vast resources out there on the world wide web. In this case the learning is  not limited to institutions of learning and expands to include many sources of knowledge and experience.

Morris also wrote how "LMS (Learning Management System) largely erased mindfully aware teaching, and made excuses for unconscionable practice."

LMS was not ready to improvise or "respond to a new environment". Through this improvisation I learnt that experimentation is the beginning of transferring the knowledge in new and innovative ways.

Quite interestingly to me, the article concluded with some thoughts to ponder. The one was this:

"What tools are available for me and my students to PLAY with?" 

The use of play furthermore brings into mind the idea that we need to make learning fun and bring it into all aspects of life. We used to say there was a time for work and a time for play, but why can't they be at the same time?

Stomml wrote how Digital Pedagogy is more "screwing around" than 'systematic study". Does this encourage us to not see the digital universe as a scary realm but one where we can have fun and explore?
I think Yes

Digital Pedagogy

This blogpost is part of our first assignment for Computer Use in PGCE. I will be discussing an article by Fyfe, names Digital Pedagogy Unplugged (2011).

A daunting task, if not disected and deconstructed, is to try understand Digital Pedagogy on your first try. Breaking the concept up - Digital defines how we communicate (not only through electronics, but in the broader sense of the world). Furthermore Pedagogy refers to the methods of teaching knowledge that has been acquired in a way that it is understandable to someone not as knowledgeable about the subject matter.

This is where I start. Full of knowledge and holding a degree but unable to communicate it effectively yet. I do not have the knowledge and experience that teachers I grew up with have. But what do I have? An understanding of the current generation and their dependence and reliance on technology. This is why I am to use technology as a tool, something I have mastered, to assist me in presenting my curriculum.

Fyfe insists that their are both positive and negative aspedcts relating to Digital Pedagogy if not carefully considered. This speaks to the fact that one must not have sufficient knowledge and the ability to swiftly use technology through teaching, but also understand when it is actually necessary.

If one relies on technology to live (to teach), in what world is one living (teaching)?  - Me.

No longer BRekless.

My face the day I passed my BAcc Degree. 

You couldn't take away my smile if you tried. 

Hello New World.

Typing letters may be a new thing for me. 
After 3 years of a bachelor of accounting undergrad, I am programmed to think in terms of numbers and formulas. Psychology, Anthropology and Pedagogy are foreign concepts but ones I am looking forward to exploring. 

Nonetheless, Welcome to my Blog. 

BAcc Yourself, or Back Yourself, aims to provide a platform in which accounting students are exposed to a world of opportunity outside of the Van Der Ster building as well as supporting and comforting those who struggle with many of the same issues I did during the course of my undergrad.