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It's the wikipage for a 3-day TPACK training from 2009

Here is Prezi for the project. It is a clear illustration for what TPACK means in ELT of Language Teaching.

Hello Everybody. I invited Matti Pirttimaa to our group. He is a university teacher at the University of Turku, Finland and he is very interested in our coursework. Please welcome Matti to our Diigo group. 

In our University we use Moodle2. Last autumn we started to use Moodle2, it is a little more advanced version, but don't have possibilities for social media. I think also that as a disadvantage. Evrim, I would to ask you, which is the main subject of the students in this group? Are they subject teacher students? How about this your course and your role here, is that an independent course just for learning technology in education? Or are you studying some other subject, but you use this group and social media tools for learning the subject content? Whatever, I think these things are very usefull for the students despite of the disciplines.

Matti, this is "Research and Practice on Technology in Teacher Education" graduate course. Students are from the masters and PhD programs such as computer education, science education, curriculum and instruction, math education, and physical education. Throughout the semester, we will be investigating recent practices on how technology is integrated into teacher education programs as well as the TPACK framework. We are using these tools to extend our class interaction beyond what happens in a limited 3 hour face to face meetings. Besides, students are using this further after the class ends.

Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı'nın Fatih Projesi kapsamında, 4 ilde tablet bilgisayar dağıtıldı. Tekirdağ Belediyesi Anadolu Öğretmen Lisesi'ndeki tablet dağıtım törenine katılan Tekirdağ Valisi Ali Yerlikaya, Fatih Projesi kapsamında 3 pilot okulda 734 öğrenciye tablet bilgisayar dağıtıldığını belirtti. Vali Yerlikaya, okullardaki 136 öğretmene de tablet bilgisayar verildiğini ifade ederek, Türkiye'nin teknolojisiyle adından söz ettirdiğini söyledi.

the survey results about fatih project demonstrate that the project is not successful as expected http://www.radikal.com.tr/Radikal.aspx?aType=RadikalGaleriHaber&ArticleID=1123151&CategoryID=77&HaberPage=1. I think there is need for deep understanding what's going on in the classes and more training for teachers in order to use all these technologies effectively.

Tuğba, I would be interested in reading a broader study that looks at Fatih Project from different perspectives of designers, students, administrators, teachers, parents etc. Any educational innovation needs to look at the implication from the holistic perceptive. Therefore, a larger scope qualitative study would really help.

The results of the current study show that teachers involved in Fatih Project were especially content with being able to make their lessons visually more appealing for their students. They were, however, not satisfied with the in-service training provided, especially in understanding ways to effectively integrate the technologies into their teaching, and the limitations put upon Internet access from the tablets. The impacts of these tools on their teaching practices were very minimal.

It is interesting to notice that this research study has also similar findings in terms of the problems and weaknesses in FATIH Project. It was conducted with information technologies guide teachers and it reached similar results as the lack of training for both teachers and students, and the lack of required materials to be used by both teachers and students.

I could not tweet because of the problems in my Twitter account; that is why, I would like to share the resources I have found here. :) This research study aims to learn about classroom teachers point of views about FATIH Project. Half of the teachers think that the project will be a failure because of technical problems of tablets, lack of teacher's technological competency and the training of teachers. However, they think that the project may help students in terms of not carrying heavy bags and providing a better, tehcnology-enriched learning atmosphere.

MoLeNET was a unique collaborative approach to introducing and supporting mobile learning in education and training via supported shared cost mobile learning projects. Collaborative approach is related to my interest. It provided technical and pedagogic advice and support, materials development, continuing professional development, mentoring, facilitation of peer-to-peer support, networking and resource sharing, research and evaluation.

MIT Center for Mobile Learning, in colloboration with the MIT Media Lab encourages teachers and academic faculty to develop their own mobile apps to facilitate in education.

"Delivering Performance Feedback to Teachers" is an interactive and conversation-based training simulation that lets principals practice giving feedback to virtual teacher (avatars). I think the game is beyond helpful due to the fact as school leaders, it's hard to give a neutral feedback to the teachers from time to time, which may deter the leaders from giving it at all.

EdTech Leaders Online (ETLO) is an program for K-12 school districts, state departments of education, regional service centers, teacher training institutions, and other educational organizations to enable them to provide effective online learning programs for teachers, administrators, and students.

This infographic summarizes the 4 key findings of a study with more than 600 K-12 teachers. Among the key findings are 3 barriers that are considered by the participants to have the potential to prevent them from using more technology in their classes. Two of the barriers mentioned, lack of technical support and training, are pretty common in the literature, but the third one was interesting to me. 33% of the participants argued that because they cannot figure out whether a student is on task or not while performing something on a technological device, they refrain from using it.

In Turkey, there are limited studies in physical education and sport field related to TPACK. Shared article can be given as a good example that aimed to identify the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Technology Integration Self Efficacy (TISE) and Instructional Technology Outcome Expectations (ITOE) of pre-service physical education teachers. Findings revealed that while TPACK, TISE and ITOE perceptions of pre-service physical education teachers were at satisfactory levels, university instructors were not good role models in the use of technology in their classrooms. Pre-service teachers reported that integration of physical education and sport-related emerging technologies were almost non-existent in the teaching practices within the university setting.

Unfortunately this is a common problem for every institute and department. Instructors are not enthusiastic and creative use of technology in classroom. In my undergraduate study in CEIT ! , we processed many courses with only PowerPoint presentations :) we learnt many technology but the integration of technology in teacher training is unfortunately insufficient.

This link gives information about simulated teaching. It includes subtitles like steps in simulated teaching, teacher training and simulation, advantages and disadvantages of simulated teaching method, definition and importance of simulated teaching method etc. Enjoy!