TPACK

TPACK stands for technological pedagogical and content knowledge. This is made up of three different areas or knowledges. Technological is the knowledge dealing with technology, pedagogical is knowledge about different teaching styles and methods, and content knowledge is knowledge about a speicifc area of study, a specific event, or topic. When all of these are combined, we get TPACK. This will be an important concept for us to remember throughout this class because everything we create and do for our students in this class should be useful. We need to pedagogically teach specific content through technology. If we don't learn how to properly work techonology, we will not be fulfilling one of the areas of TPACK and we will be missing out on great pedegogical opportunities. Techonology can be such a great and helpful tool in the classroom. It is a type of teaching method, which means that it is an important part of TPACK. It is important for a teacher to completely understand this concept so that she can best form a lesson plan that is content specific, pedagogically and technologically appropriate.