Title: Pedagogy of Instructional Technology
Course: Tech Literacy for Teachers/Staff

Read one of the following articles about education and respond to that article in the forum below. Please tell how you feel about the teaching approach that was discussed and how you think it would work in the classroom. After your initial post, reply to at least one post in this forum, created by another teacher.

Some articles have assignments on them. Do not complete the assignments in the articles, they are not affiliated with Magnolia ISD and will not result in any credit for our course.

Your reply doesn't have to agree with everything in the article (I know that I don't agree with everything) but all opinions are to be supported with research, another published article, or something more than simply a personal opinion.

You are reading the articles for information only, so there is no reason to complete any assignment on those pages. Submit your ideas in this forum.

Remember, it isn't acceptable to just put down what we can't do. We need to identify what should be done, first. Then, we find a way to do it.

Project-Based Learning

http://www.college.hmco.com/education/pbl/background.html

Problem-based Learning

http://www.ntlf.com/html/pi/9812/pbl_1.htm

Inquiry-based Learning (Just read the article, you do not have to respond on any of the topics on that page. The only response you need for this course should be made in the forum on this page.)

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index.html

Read this article about Thinking Skills (some of the other articles may be relevant to you, but the discussion should be about thinking skills and how technology supports that.)
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/thinking/costa2.htm