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.