Sunday, February 21, 2016

Pedagogy and Technology

This week I was able to create an info-graphic using the Chrome app "Venngage." The app provided plenty of pre-made layouts and templates which made the process of creating an info-graphic fairly painless and simple. My only concern was that the template that I chose was titled "fact or fiction" and attempted to pass off climate change as fiction. Perhaps if I paid for premium their templates would not come with conservative propaganda.



supporting technology in the sciencesInfographic

The info-graphic which I developed lists instructional strategies and a specific activity falling within that strategy. Another column provides a technology which can complement the strategy and activity at hand. When searching for technologies to implement in the different activities, it was important to find technologies that supported the activity instead of supplementing it to ensure meaningful technology integration. The technology used should be one tool for students to utilize in order to complete the activity and reach the goals set by the lesson. The technology should not replace student interaction and learning.

 For example, under the instructional strategy "Share ideas and opinions,"
I listed Kahoot! as an appropriate technology to use for a modified four side activity. This technology provides users the ability to create quizzes and answer them via computer or smartphone. Instead of me creating the quiz and having students take it online, I would have the students work in pairs to create quizzes and implement them in class for their classmates. This way students have to research and comprehend the material prior to creating the quiz and their quiz provides me an assessment of their classmate's understanding of the material as well as the quiz maker's understanding.

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