** My Intellectual Flakes **

I am a little bit confused lately about which comes first, technology or pedagogy. On one hand, there are many criticism on technology determinism. The way of putting technology before pedagogy is was found problematic. On the other hand, many people advocate that using technology to support old pedagogy is like old wine in the new bottle. What is needed is the pedagogical reenginnering using technology as a lever. Are these two viewpoints contradictory? So which one, technology or pedagogy, should come first? Which one should drive which one? Or is it the chicken-egg issue?

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I popped this question at the seminar today since the presenter mentioned that technology should drive teachers to rethink their pedagogy. She kinda answered in an indirect way. She said that she won’t claim that technology drives pedagogy; but schools are driven by the socity as a whole. And since technology is an vital part of the society nowadays, it surely influence the way we teach.

She surely address the problem from a different angle. But it set me to ponder over the question again. I began to think probably the way I phrase the question was problematic. I sort of treat either technology and pedagogy as static object. As matter of the fact, it might be more appropriate to think them as dynamic force which can have influence over each other. So instead of asking which one drives which one, it might makes more sense to look into the interplay between these two forces. In another word, both technology and pedagogy are independent as well as dependent variables.

Although there is no definite answer at this point (there might never be..), the process of rephrasing and refining the question is also a step forward.