Tuesday, January 27, 2009

TPACK

TPACK stand for Technology Pedagogical And Content Knowledge. Basically TPACK is when teachers know how to used technology to enhance their lessons. I found the videos interesting because it shows that this is really possible. I don't really remember using technology to learn math and science in elementary school. However, I am excited to implement it in my lessons because I know that many students learn from doing things hands-on. For this reason, I think that it is necessary for teachers to have TPACK.
I explored Google Sky http://www.google.com/sky/. This website is AMAZING. From it you can explore many parts of the solar system. For instance, I clicked on Infrared Showcase. After clicking on that it came up with 20 pictures of this at the bottom of the screen. You can click on one and it gives you information about what you are looking at. You can zoom in and out and look at it from different parts of the sky. Amazing. Google Sky will be great to use in a classroom. Students will come to know and understand the solar system.

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