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This is How to Use TPACK Model to Integrate
Technology into Teaching
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TPACK which stands for Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge is another
interesting framework that seeks to help teachers better integrate technology into
education. And just like the SAMR model
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and Blooms Digital Taxonomy
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, TPACK
has its own building blocks that are used to conceptualize the effective integration of
technology into instruction and lesson planning. I have already shared a nice visual on
TPACK in an earlier post
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this year but today I am sharing with you this 2 minutes
video that sheds more light on this concept.
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Here are some highlights I grabbed from the video.
What is TPACK ?
TPACK is a framework that combines three knowledge areas: technological knowledge,
content knowledge, and pedagogical knowledge. This framework looks at how these trio
works together to increase students motivation and make the content more accessible
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to students.
1- Content Knowledge:
This is the subject matter we are teaching like Math, music, Art..etc. It's the what.
2- Pedagogical Knowledge:
This is the how. These are the tools or methodologies teachers use to instruct their
students: are they going to use direct instruction, inquiry based teaching, group
discussion, debate..etc
2- Tecknological knowledge
This is the partner.It looks at the digital tools ( google Drive, ipad apps, Smart
boards..etc ) teachers can use to make content accessible to students while supporting
the pedagogical strategy used in instruction.
Now lets look at the overlaps :
TP knowledge: helps us to understand how are we making content more accessible.
TC knowledge : allows us to identify the affordances of pairing appropriate
technology to the content
PC knowledge : allows us to identify the affordances of pairing the appropriate
pedagogies with the content.
TPACK comes from the overlapping in that centre spot or what is referred to by " the
sweet spot". For more information on TPACK visit TPACK.org
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1. http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/10/this-is-how-to-use-tpack-model-to.html
2. http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/08/samr-model-explained-through-examples.html
3. http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/01/new-version-of-blooms-taxonomy-for-ipad.html
4. http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/04/a-must-see-wheel-on-difference-between.html
5. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u-
UG49a035k/UmSebtEjBZI/AAAAAAAAhXM/wmqZT7dAsfU/s1600/tpack.png
6. http://tpack.org/