Teaching with Technology

Teddy’s Synthesis Project 02.17.2010

As a teacher, I believe that students are best motivated to learn from their peers.  We can provide technology-enriched learning activities and teaching practices that will maximize learning. First, I would seek to find out what students know about using midi software and multi-media technology in the form of a survey. Second, I will engage students to share what they know about new-media and have them to create course syllabi with developed pedagogical methods they approve as necessary to help enhance and assure deep learning. Third, each participant will then proceed to peer teach others, using skills sets they already possess on cell phones, mp3 players, ipods, gaming units and other new-media apparatus.

Over time, I have witnessed how quickly students learn without resistance in these settings. The teacher becomes a neutral component that can observe how and what students learn. Such deep learning experiences can lead to building an arsenal of invaluable skills. This will enable students to generate income from multiple sources. Students will use critical thinking skills to make connections about what they’ve learned. The transferability of all learning will be evident throughout various contextual mediums.