TPACK

**Got TPACK?**
"In 2006, in the midst of fast-paced technological changes, Mishra & Koehler (2006) assert that in teacher education, the successful teacher is one who can draw from content, pedagogy and technology, forming a technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) framework—and that it is this knowledge that is of most worth" (Spires, Hervey, & Watson, in press).

**TPACK**: The ability to flexibly draw from and integrate knowledge of Technology, Pedagogy, and Content into your curriculum and instructional practices (Mishra & Koehler, 2006)

===**Seven Pieces of the TPACK Pie**===


 * **Content [C]**: subject matter to be learned
 * **Technology [T]**: foundational and new technologies
 * **Pedagogy [P]**: purpose, values & methods used to teach and evaluate learning
 * **PCK:** What pedagogical strategies make concepts difficult easy (or difficult) to learn?
 * **TCK:** How is the content represented and transformed by the application of technology?
 * **TPK:** What pedagogical strategies enable you to get the most out of existing technologies for teaching & evaluating learning?
 * **TPACK**: Understanding the relationship between elements -- “a change in any one factor has to be ‘compensated’ by changes in the other two”


 * TPACK Guidelines to Consider As You Evaluate Your Own Inquiry Projects: **
 * 1) **Content focus:** What content does this lesson or unit focus on?
 * 2) **Pedagogical focus**: What pedagogical practices were employed? //You will need to infer these.//
 * 3) **Technology used**: What technologies are used?
 * 4) **PCK**: Do these pedagogical practices make concepts clearer and/or foster deeper learning?
 * 5) **TCK**: Does the use of technology help represent the content in diverse ways or increase opportunities to make the content more accessible to the learners?
 * 6) **TPK**: Do the pedagogical practices maximize the effective use of technologies for teaching and evaluating learning?
 * 7) **TPACK**: How might things need to change in response to learners' needs and the overall educational context?

Select a project and work with your group to apply the TPACK Guidelines above. How well does each represent a project designed by teachers who understand the dynamics of TPACK? How might you improve or adapt these projects to better reflect the TPACK principles? Be prepared to share your thinking with the larger group.
 * Applying TPACK Principles To Learning Projects **
 * Example 1: Math: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions in Word Problems (Grade 4) -- VoiceThread
 * Example 2: Science Lab Experiment (High School) -- VoiceThread
 * Example 3: Urban and Rural Poems (Grade 2)-- VoiceThread
 * Example 4: American Advertising History Project (High School) -- Video projects
 * Example 5: Economists and Entrepreneurs Presentations (High School) -- Powerpoints aggregated in a wiki

**To explore later:** View more Voicethread ideas from the VoiceThread 4 Education Wikispace or the [|K-7 Mathcasts Project]. Another resource that may be helpful in terms of operationalizing TPACK for the various content areas is the [|TPACK Learning Activity Types Wiki] You may also enjoy the [|TPACK wiki] or the website created by the [|SITE TPACK Special Interest Group] for more background information about the TPACK model.

__References__ Mishra, P., & Koehler, M. J. (2006). Technological pedagogical content knowledge: A new framework for teacher knowledge. Teachers College Record,108(6), 1017-1054.

Spires, H., Hervey, L, & Watson, T. (in press). Scaffolding the TPACK Framework in Reading and Language Arts: New Literacies and New Minds. Chapter submitted for //Research in English Language Arts and Technology//.

Thanks to those folk!
 * Contents of this page are modifications of information at http://newlitinstitute.wikispaces.com/gottpack. **