Digital Pedagogy and Naked teaching

Blog Entry- getting my ducks in a row...

With great frustration I start this blog. I am unsettled. It is week three of studies and I am without accommodation. I feel that the never-ending search for accommodation interferes with my studies. I shouldn't complain, of course there are others who are forced into predicaments of greater hardships, perhaps this will teach me new life skills.

Nevertheless, this is to announce my noble quest into the blogosphere and beyond, to broaden my horizons in digital pedagogy. DIGITAL PEDAGOGY, the way I understand it is the act of teaching a theoretical concept using technology as a medium. This concept is exciting, to think of all the available tools and resources to be used to advance teaching. With students able to research topics instantly and reproduce their findings, it mentally prepares them for research based operations.
The concept of augmenting teaching with technology may sound invasive to some degree, however these tools may aid in progress. I look forward to what this course entails and how these explored concepts effect teachers of the future.

To discuss digital pedagogy unplugged, (Paul Fyfe; 2011), in terms of naked teaching, the writer suggests teaching in class without the use of digital help- i.e. using projectors or PowerPoint to aid in lesson presentation, this allows for interactive lessons such as question and answers. He makes use of pod casts and online discussion, so that the focus in class is addressing the concepts that the class have problems in grasping. I personally like the idea of this method, I think it can be a success, because it allows for the lessons to become more personal and less disruptive by peers. Also with podcasts you are able to repeat, or skip back to sement concepts instead of having one opportunity of hearing it. I think the biggest problem faced would be for students to keep up to date with the pod casts, or else when it comes to class time they wont be able to participate in questions and answers. Perhaps a brief revion of the lecture could assist the students before taking part in the questions and answers session in class.

So to bring my first entry to an end, hopefully my next post will be written in the comfort of my new home.