At several of our previous meetings we have used a "Prensky Scale" to examine lessons/projects. It's time to kick that up a notch with the TPaCK framework which helps educators label the knowledge a teacher needs to teach. Though the three knowledge bases of Technological Knowledge, Pedagogical Knowledge, and Content Knowledge are easy for teachers to grasp, the interplay of them is often subtle and distinctions can be hard to see at first. This WebQuest is designed to first familiarize you with the TPaCK framework, then to examine and discuss examples that combine the three bases to different degrees and success, and finally to help you define the areas of interplay in your own words.

Gamifying blogging. Floats some students' boats. Extrinsic motivation, can it become internal? I think some of my kids a few years ago really got into the number of edits/editing status as top editor on the wiki, then moved on to just being productive for its own sake. BUT, I bet there are other badges that you could come up with that would be more meaningful (Questioner, Connector, Etc.) AND they could be bestowed by the kids on each other.

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Thoughtful and entertaining. Why does this stand out for me?

... And Extrovert Kids Need to Learn to Listen at School http://balancedtech.blogspot.com/2013/02/and-extrovert-kids-need-to-learn-to.html

Introvert Extrovert Ambivert Introverted Kids Need to Learn to Speak Up at School http://www.theatlantic.com/national/print/2013/02/introverted-kids-need-to-learn-to-speak-up-at-school/272960/

Tom Friedman

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Minecraft is a computer game world made of building blocks where students mine resources from the environment, create their own resources, build shelters, and much more.

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