Week 5 Review: The Padagogy Wheel - It's not about the Apps, it's about the pedagogy by Allan Carrington
In February of 2016, Allan Carrington created a post on the website TeachThought titled "The Padagogy Wheel – It’s Not About The Apps, It’s About The Pedagogy," which can be read here . As an Apple Distinguished Educator, Allan examined the importance of pedagogy in the classroom and designed a Padagogy Wheel to assist in thinking about how to use mobile apps in relation to classroom teaching. "It’s all very well to come across an exciting new app and to think to yourself, ‘That’s really cool, now how can I use it in the classroom?’, but what you need to do at the same time is to think about how that app might contribute to your set of educational aims for the program you are teaching," he writes. The Padagogy Wheel is a tool that can help teachers do just that.
How it works:
This model puts mobile apps within a specific framework that connects them with the educational purpose they are most likely to serve. It then enables teachers to identify the pedagogical place and purpose of app-based learning and teaching activities in the context of their overall objectives for the course. The wheel is divided into five areas that are similar to interlocking gears.
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Attitudes
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Motivation
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Blooms Taxonomy
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Technology Enhancement
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SMAR Model
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What should I do as a teacher?
As future teachers, apps can be a great addition to our classrooms, but it is important to balance their incorporation with actual pedagogy. Using the five grids explained above can help teachers know when technology is appropriate and beneficial for their lessons. TeachThought has lots of articles about similar issues that impact teachers, as well as advice on how to handle other questions within our profession. I highly recommend this page if you are looking for helpful pieces on relevant topics.
Teachers must respond to the challenge and ask themselves the tough questions about their choices and methods." |
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@burtnessenglish 9/20/2016