Post Reacting to Annie Agnew's Blog

My tutor, Annie Agnew, writes very engaging blog posts. One of her recent posts is about immediacy and technology. Agnew poses ideas that reflect the concepts of TPACK and SAMR. This is the idea of using technology to transform or redefine what you are doing, not substitute. Agnew contrasts apps that 'do/help' and apps that 'achieve/impact'. Agnew uses three examples of these. I will give my own:


'Achieve/Impact':
I am teaching an art appreciation class about Aboriginal art. My class and I want to research how Indigenous Australians create their art, and from what meanings. We google indigenous artists together, view their artworks, make inferences and give subjective responses. We watch youtube videos to view the long and meaningful process in Aboriginal art-making. To discover what an artist is representing, we may google him/her to get obtain a personal response.


'Do/Help':
We search 'google images' for Aboriginal art.


In conclusion I'd like to refer to the saying, 'faster doesn't always mean better.' Just because you can type and click to retrieve information promptly, does not mean you are delivering a better learning experience. Having said this, if you can type and click quite quickly, you have the potential to create a highly engaging learning experience that incorporates learning technologies with pedagogy and content.