TPACK can be defined as a framework to explain the knowledge that teachers need to teach students using technology. It stands for Technological Content Knowledge. Watching Punya Mishra’s informative video really helped me clarify how we as educators should be using this model in the classrooms. When being introduced to technology, we need to be careful not to be to drawn into using technology for technology’s sake in our classrooms, as opposed to using it as a vehicle for teaching. Technology is changing at a rapid rate and is impossible to keep up with, although according to Punya Mishra, that is probably the least of our problems. We need to move beyond a technocentric framework and focus in on how technology changes not just how we teach, but also what we teach, ie the content. The TPACK theory can be shown thus in the diagram: So much more information is available than ever before when students have access to the internet and so therefore technology changes pedagogy. Technology changes how and what we teach and the contexts within which teaching and learning happens. It is also a great tool for educators to use to represent and share ideas.
The TPACK model now makes a lot of sense to me – everything is interlinked, and reliant upon one another and does not stand alone. Technology is an important learning vehicle in today’s learning environment and clearly motivates students to learn together with the flipped-based classroom. When thinking about my prototype and capstone project, I found it relatively easy to relate the TPACK model to it. Technology in this case certainly has changed the pedagogy. Students have been able to go on line and choose to analyze a song that they felt related to them. They will be evaluated to see if the use of music has helped them acquire the target language more readily and if they have been more motivated to do so. This week I realized that I only have about 6 classes left with my freshman students before our exam review starts and so I am certainly concerned that I don’t have much time left to gather data from my students, so this could be a challenge. The mind map (prototype) helped me cement my ideas more and formalize the process that students were going to follow to complete their song analysis. Also I was really fortunate to be able to spend some time talking through my prototype with Monica - it was great to be able to bounce ideas off of her as to what would or would not work with regard to data collection. Thank you Monica!
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