2. INTRODUCTION
A techno pedagogue is a person who focuses on the user of
technology and whose expertise is in electronic pedagogy theory and
methods. A techno pedagogue is not a systems administrator or network
administrators. That’s a job for the technical person you hired when you
thought they could also help your teachers apply technology in the
classroom. The techno pedagogue is the person who sits with your teachers
and help them see the practical uses, and appropriate uses, of technology
attain their educational goals. This persons expertise is grounded in
educational theory, curriculum development and course design the techno
pedagogue also design model courses that uses technology for other teachers
to learn from.
TECHNO PEDAGOGY
Techno pedagogy is a type of bilingualism, one foot in human
needs and processes and other in technology and all its potential. A techno
pedagogue can oversee the design, production and even implementation
of online environments, interfaces and tools that support learning or
diverse process. The techno pedagogue communicates and information
architects and programmers as well as professionals translating from one
to other.
Techno pedagogy refers to the united potential of technology and
pedagogy to transform individual and organizational practices. It is a rich
and nuanced conversation between the technological possibilities, the
cognitive models we carry with us, and the real need of a system.
3. Here some techno pedagogical domains
Lifelong learning and portfolios
The portfolio is means to support the transition to learning and to
appropriate ones digital identity. Much more than a resume, it is use of
digital tools to capture, value develop, communicate and competencies.
Supporting personal professionanal and organizational development, and
organizational development, portfolios’ are about both private space and
actively projecting in to the public online space and they can serve as hub
for networking, accessing communication and networking.
Collaborative working methods
It has never been so easy to work together in dynamic way,
disregarding time and space. Online tools facilitate the co-creation all
kinds of documents, directly and dynamically online with the simplicity
of word processing. In this way project memories and knowledge
management are embedded in daily process, eliminating supplementary
documentation steps associated with traditional techniques.
Participatory sharing
Together new legal vocabulary surrounding copyright and the online
environments facilitating access, have a direct impact on a how we share
creations of all kinds.
Building Techno-Pedagogical skills in preservice
teachers
Although presevice teachers do have a degree of knowledge with
regard to information and communication technologies, they have little
4. know – how or techno pedagogical ability, with which to interpret those
technologies into their teaching practice.
Each student entering the faculty of education is required to take
EDUC 3508 Communications Technology and Education during
professional semester 1 .the primary focus of the course is to provide
experiences for the students that will help them effectively help them
effectively infuse technology into their future classrooms. This objective is
accomplished by providing students with the opportunity to use a variety of
technologies to accomplish tasks and by explicitly exposing them to the
process of learning new technologies.
Conclusion
This article has provided a working definition of techno-
pedagogically skilled teachers and exemplified how hybrid approach of meta
teaching, technology exposure and critical reflection can be used to unhands
instruction. In all of our endeavors to prepare technology pedagogically
skilled teachers, it is crucial that we incorporate an underpinning of
technology and pedagogy to prepare our preservice teachers to teach with
technology and become learners on never ending journey.
Reference
Ben Jacob , M G Levin. The Learning Environment of the 21 century .
educational Technology Review 13,8-12
