On this blog I posted a lot about the theorie of using TPACK: Technological Pedagogicial Content Knowledge. Now it is time to expand the theorie with the practice. Together with two teammates I will be designing a lesson based on TPACK. This way we will experience the practical use of TPACK. I will reflect on this proces by posting on this blog. I expect that we will find out whether the use of TPACK is useful in designing a lesson, and what the difficulties can be of using TPACK. By really using TPACK, instead of only read about the theorie, I expect to find out and learn a lot more of the practical use of TPACK.
About two weeks ago me and my teammates started to desgin a lesson based on TPACK. Every student who is taking the course Pedagogies for Flexibile Learning Supported by Technology will experience what it is like to use TPACK in practice, but all from a different point of view. Our team will start from the Content. Other teams will start with different Pedagogies, and other teams will start with the technology that will be used in the lesson. This way we hope to find out what the advantages and disadvantages of a certain starting point can be. Reflecting on the proces in this blog helps to determine the difficulties and/or nice aspects of the practical use of TPACK.
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Hi from eastern Virginia in the United States, Mirjam! My Google Alert for 'TPACK' has turned up your blog posts, and I have been following them enthusiastically for the past few weeks.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenSeveral colleagues and I have developed and are testing a TPACK-based approach to technology integration for teachers that might be of interest to you. It's one way to help teachers to "experience the practical use of TPACK," as you said.
The materials that assist with this approach are posted on this wiki: http://activitytypes.wmwikis.net/. There is a short chapter that we wrote that explains the process and how it's related to TPACK on the wiki that I suggest that you read first. The other materials -- taxonomies of types of learning activities in different curriculum areas, each with suggested educational technologies to use to help to implement them -- are also posted on the wiki.
Best of luck with your project, and thanks for sharing your blog with interested readers like me! :-)
-Judi Harris
School of Education
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia USA