Go TPACK

TPACK is the teaching of now and the future.  The integration of technology within the classroom is engaging for the students and when technology, pedagogy and content are correctly balanced students are in a positive and engaging learning environment.  The diagram below explains TPACK in a simple way.


When the three are combined they create effective and efficient teaching for the 21st Century.

Engage or Enrage

I definately believe engage or enrage.  Prensky's theory that the students of today are digital natives is spot on.  What student now does not have a mobile phone, laptop, computer, access to the internet, facebook, twitter the list goes on.  For my first prac I was in a very small country school even these students as isolated as they are have lives based around the digital age.  Students at a catholic school where I am doing my current prac do something with ICT every lesson.  Most students love the class love using the ICT and if students are enjoying something then they are learning at the same time.  Students need to be engaged to learn or the do become enraged and don't learn.  Great theory Prensky!!!!

A Little behind

Well life has been very crazy for me these first couple of weeks.  My son has had representative football and life just hasn't had a chance to fit in uni.  So here I am my very first blog ever.  Not sure that i like the idea but the times are a changing.  I am nervous about this course thought i knew allot about ICT but seems I have barely touched the surface.  In the first week of the school holidays I had to do a teaching textiles workshop where we touched on the ICT aspect of Home Ec the lecturer we had a teacher from Chanel College in Gladstone uses a blog for students to put up there homework reflection question answers.  What a great way to engage students.  Well that's it from me for my first blog.