“Expert orchestration of resources is the key factor in converting interactions into learning, and that investigating how technology can be harnessed to facilitate orchestration by teachers and learners will guide teachers’ efforts to improve learning through the use of ICT” (Beauchamp & Kennewell, 2010).
I believe this is imperative in regards to helping students collaborate using technology. Beauchamp & Kennewell,(2010) mentioned that when teachers first adopted ICT in the classroom there was a tendency for inter-activity to become superficial and the only changed when ICT was adequately integrated into teachers pedagogical knowledge.
Essentially, being able to choose the appropriate ICT resources on the basis of them being used as ‘facilitator’ of interactive learning and not something that will work in an authoritative manner, then this will impact positively on classroom learning. Also, mentioned by Beauchamp & Kennewell (2010 was that even with ICT’s integration into teaching pedagogy, it was still required that teachers be constantly supervising and overseeing these inter-activities between students using ICT to ensure optimum learning. I think this is how I would want to approach interactivity and collaboration using technology in the classroom.
References
Beauchamp, G. & Kennewell, S. (2010). Interactivity in the classroom and its impact on learning. Computers & Education, 54(3), 759-766. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2009.09.033
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