TPACK

Last weeks class focused a lot of a teaching technique known as TPACK. This acronym stands for Technological (use and understand of technology in your classroom) Pedagogical (ability to relate and connect to students and design lessons that are meaningful) Content (expertise in the subject area being taught) Knowledge, and represents an idea that incorperating all of these things equally in your classroom will help optimize your teaching ability. I really liked this approach, and think it can be extremely useful in the classroom. Below is a picture that I think helps illustrate the complexity of each topic and the challenge that educators face trying to merge all three!