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I watched a few videos to review and refresh my memory about the TPACK model and I’m glad I did. We’ve been exposed to so many new “things” these last two semesters that my brain is saturated with new information, websites, tools, acronyms, etc. Here’s the links to the videos I watched, you might find them helpful as well:I also found a couple related SAMR videos that I thought were helpful:
A couple of things I was reminded about when watching the videos was that technology changes our pedagogy (how we teach) and our content (what we teach). Using the TPACK model as a reference, I feel like I’m an expert at my CONTENT. I’ve been teaching high school or middle school math for 14 years, and even though the content has changed several times, I’m very comfortable with what I teach. I’m also very happy with my PEDAGOGY, my teaching strength is my relationship with my students, but I’m always looking for techniques and strategies to add to my PEDAGOGY toolbox. Definitely my weakest ring in the TPACK model is my usage of technology, and designing lessons that incorporate the “magic middle” of the TPACK model. The two areas I would like to improve most upon are the TCK (technology/content knowledge) which is making sure that the content my students access through websites, games, apps, etc. is of high quality, and the TPK (technology/pedagogy knowledge) which is how I use technology in my content area for deep and lasting learning. These sound like simple ideas when you just type them out, but in fact, these are huge, time consuming feats. Upon watching the TPACK and SAMR videos, it made me reflect on the idea that it would be nice if there were some sort of TPACK/SAMR checklist of questions that teachers could answer to reflect and answer whether the technology a teacher has designed into their curriculum is in the “magic middle” of the TPACK model, or in the upper two “transformation” levels of the SAMR model. I know we were supposed to make a paper model of our prototype, but I started brainstorming on Popplet to begin getting my ideas out. My driving question started with “How does mobile device technology use affect high school math students’ engagement and achievement?” and now it’s expanding more to “How might we find and use relevant, rigorous, appropriate, and engaging apps, websites/tools and computer programs of high interest to high school students and structure my classroom instructional time in ways that are collaborative and utilize multiple teaching strategies to help students with various learning styles.” I think I’d like to explore this by taking a look at how stations can be utilized in my classroom to keep students engaged, and expose my learners to several different activities, both digital and not, that access the many different learning styles in my classroom.
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Lori Meyers
11/26/2016 07:58:40 am
Joe, you describe exactly my experience. I feel more comfortable with the pedagogy and content, but finding meaningful ways to apply/integrate technology to/with these is most challenging. And, just like you, I went back to review both SAMR and TPACK.
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