VCU ADMS 647

Punya Mishra and Matt Koehler's explanation of TPACK

Gary Stager's opinion on smart boards

Hey everyone. I stumbled on this site while looking for sources for our debate this week. It gives some good information both for and against our topic. I thought it might help.

Good find. The poll says that people are 50 50 about the issue.

A different type of educational technology

An example of law governing the interaction between educators and students and how quickly it changes.

The Friending Debate

A lot of interesting statistics about principals thoughts on social networking.

There are a few interesting slides on here about how the internet can be used in education

This isn't directly related to this week but I thought it would be interesting to post. This was the headlining article on CNN today. The Penn State report is obviously big news because of how big of a deal the scandal at Penn State was. The fact that CNN decided that the aspect of this report that was most important was the reaction on social media is what I find interesting. It really says something about the importance of social media in our culture. I think anyone expecting to be a leader within a school district is going to have to pay attention to and put resources into social media. I wonder if we'll see positions being created in school districts just to deal with social media in the future.

There are so many real educators out there who want to get better at what they do so that they can always do what is best for kids. By opening up your own learning to the world, you will be surprised not only how your knowledge elevates, but how your passion for teaching and learning will benefit as well.

This article is a description of all the aspects of TPACK. There are a few interesting points made in this about the importance of flexibility when considering the TPACK model. I also liked the BNIE activity structure.

This blog has two interesting posts. One post reflects on TPACK professional development and the second discusses TPACK's strengths and weaknesses

Gives a background on the PCK model and explains how Technology integration helps educators

Matthew Koehler's site that has a variety of TPACK resources and research.

Interesting keynote presentation slides & audio from Mishra, P., & Koehler, M.J. (2008, March).

Great video! I found the same keynote on youtube earlier in the semester at at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4jigsEAGbM&list=UUpcf54rmcbXGeKX9JpJJPtA&index=2&feature=plcp I like how they include the aspect of a "wicked problem" being a part of TPACK.

I am so glad that there are sites like these that introduce information in easy to understand language and vusuals. Understanding TPACK

It is always good to hear about TPACK. I appreciate it. Thanks.

Breakdown of the different aspects of TPACK and how they can work together

Another TPACK critique asking where the learner fits in.

Condensed and updated depiction of TPACK by Mishra and Koehler (2007), which was presented originally at the annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education in 2007.