Article Reflection

Reflection 2

 

The article I decided to use for my reflection is title “Connecting Digital Literacy and Pedagogy”. The article states that the Inquiry Cycle model can be useful to enhance digital literacy in a classroom. The article mentions connecting instructional strategies and digital media into classroom for daily use practice. As I was reading the article, and I found something that got my attention. I know that everyone can relate to this, because I heard this from many different people and the article mentions that too. We honestly don’t know, and we cannot predict our future, but we could least prepare our students for the future (Casey & Bruce, 2011, p76). We know that there are challenges that educators have faced with this new technology, but we also have to keep in mind to leave room for new ideas. With the use of technology being used and interacting with student in classroom lead to a new approach to pedagogy. It is necessary to review the concept of digital literacy and to seek a specific understanding of what digital literacy means in the setting of the primary school classroom. We argue that digital literacy should be framed in terms of the process of learning, particularly the model of learning suggested by the Inquiry Cycle (Casey & Bruce, 2011, p78). What I like about the article is that it addresses

The stages of reflective action, and the fundamental idea that learning begins with the curiosity of the learner. We can envision a spiral path of inquiry: asking questions, investigating solutions, creating, discussing our discoveries and experiences, reflecting on our new-found knowledge, and asking new questions. Each step in this process naturally leads to the next: inspiring new questions, investigations, and opportunities for authentic teachable moments. Each question leads to an exploration, which in turn leads to more questions to investigate (Casey & Bruce, 2011, p78).

Overall, this article was interesting to me because it gave me an insight on how the inquiry circle could help students and educators. Adding something new to something that is old and figuring out on how to approach the new change in literacy can be challenging and difficult at times, but I believe with practice and social learning this could actually work out at the end. 

References

Casey, L. and Bruce, B.C. (2011). The Practice Profile of Inquiry: Connecting Digital literacy and Pedagogy. E-learning and Digital Media. 8 (1).76-85