Technology in Teacher Education

This article demonstrates some visual diagrams related to TPACK. These are funny and interesting due to dream worlds of teacher candidates.

This article is really easy to read and with its good visual demostrations. It also shows us that as all teachers independent from which course they are teaching they are in a way have to use technology integration into their classes. This an example from science teachers and mine is an example from mathematics teaching.

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The article is about TPACK framework- Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge- and how to integrate its use in lesson planning and classroom instruction.

Hey! I think we should certainly play this game in our EDS-536 lesson. It would let us think creatively about how to apply TPACK into practice :)

It's definitely an enjoyable game for us to grasp the fundamentals of TPACK. I'd like to try it, indeed :)

Surprise of this week is the game. Last week, we did not have enough time to play it. Be prepared for the game. :D

Here you can find the valuable sources of TPACK adaptations into educational settings by teachers all around the world. It's good to have a look at different reflections about TPACK in a compound source like TeacherTube.

There is TPACK standards for each of the course. As a mathematics teacher I found this and I want to share this with you. From the link, one can also downlad the pdf version. Niess, M. L., Ronau, R. N., Shafer, K. G., Driskell, S. O., Harper S. R., Johnston, C., Browning, C., Özgün-Koca, S. A., & Kersaint, G. (2009). Mathematics teacher TPACK standards and development model. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education [Online serial], 9(1).

Here is a Mendeley group for TPACK for those who are interested!

This is a virtual place where you can find various activities for different courses meant for TPACK.

This is an attractive presentation on TPACK framework

which technology is the most important for students and how does ıt help them

Recently IGI Global caught up with editor and contributing author Margaret Niess, who recently attended the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2013 Annual Meeting April 27th-May 1st in San Francisco, California. U.S.

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) attempts to identify the nature of knowledge required by teachers for technology integration in their teaching, while addressing the complex, multifaceted and situated nature of teacher knowledge. The TPACK framework extends Shulman's idea of Pedagogical Content Knowledge.

Here is a very short but informative video to explain the logic of flipped classroom

I also liked it. This video briefly explaining an example of flipped classroom clearly. So, I think it can be useful of understanding its meaning. At the end of the video there are comments of teachers. One says that: This is nice and all, but all it takes for this to completely fail (I've tried it) is several students who simply don't want to work say "I don't have a computer" or "I work until three in the morning." Some legitimately don't (not sure how you get around that) and some are simply lazy (don't think so? I did a lecture where students were given a sheet of paper which had sentences with missing words that I would GIVE them, and one student would not even do that). Other says that: They have smart phones, don't they? If they had time for homework outside of class, why wouldn't they have time for videos instead?... So they are really discussing the flipped classroom in practice..

This video shows the differences between a flipped and a traditional classroom in a funny way. It emphasizes benefits of flipped classroom and presents reactions of different type of students to the flipped classroom features. It is a video not only funny but also instructive.

Is this new style of teaching a more efficient way of educating today's students?

Watch Common Sense Media's Introduction to the TPACK Model video to help you make informed decisions. Quick learning for TPACK...

'The Many Faces of TPACK: Perspectives and Approaches" is a Wikibook created as part of the Research and Practice on Technology in Teacher Education Course (EDS 536) taught at Middle East Technical University in Spring 2013.

Ooo.. This is our online book which is the product of EDS536_2013. Lucky us as you :) Thanx Ahsen!

Today's children were born and raised in a world of digital convenience. Apple has long realized the potential of the pre-teen set and has targeted them with iPads, learning apps, smart devices, and other mobile tech to meet their educational and developmental needs. It gives information about the usage of kids mobile devices in USA, the percentage of using mobile tech in education and its result in USA again. It is very interesting and surprisin when you look at the statistics...

The What Teachers Want from Educational Technology Tools Infographic presents what kinds of digital instructional tools educators consider essential to help their students be prepared for college and careers in the 21st century.