Topic: Reflect on your unit plan and lesson using the TPCK model. Identify successes, areas to work on, and how the content and pedagogical domains interacted with the technological domain.
The TPCK model illustrates how content knowledge, pedogogical knowledge and technological knowledge are all linked in classroom instruction. To be an effective teacher it is necessary to have content knowledge. The teacher needs to know the concept to accurately explain this concept to a student. Pedagogical knowledge is necessary because teachers need to know the best way to teach and reach their students. Finally, technological knowledge is necessary because teachers need to be able to use and understand the technology they use to complete their lessons.
In our lesson that Abby and I presented to this class we had to demostrate our mastery of all three domains (content, pedogogical, and technological knowledge). Abby and I taught a third grade science lesson on Mammals. Abby is a science teacher and I am a second grade teacher. Abby brought her science content knowledge to our lesson. As a second grade teacher I have the pedogogical knowledge of how to best instruct the lower primary grades. I choose to use exciting and engaging videos and games that could be found online. For instance, BrainPopJr is a website that engages most learners. There are videos, drawing activities, interactive word walls, conversation starters, etc. Also, we spent a little time lecturing through the use of a PowerPoint to review the characteristics of mammals. Finally, Abby and I demostrated our technological knowledge by accurately using the computer, PowerPoint, projector, and websites (wallwisher, BrainPopJr., and BBC).
The goal wasn't so much to demonstrate mastery of the three domains, but to be cognizant that there are _three_ domains, and appreciate that they interact with each other. Mastery is good, but in practice, as teachers, in a self-contained class, you might deliver a lesson once a year, and mastering something done so infrequently is difficult. Departmentalized might give teachers more chance to work out the kinks. Though it definitely gets easier integrating a familiar technology like BrainPOP.
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