TPACK Simplified

 

 

 

So what the bleep is TPACK?

 

 

 

Despite the fact that it sounds like a fabulous name for a rapper, TPACK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge) is actually an education model which aims to assist teachers in enhancing learning experiences through the use of technologies. 

 

 

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There are three main components to TPACK:

 

1. CONTENT: What you actually want your students to learn (facts, concepts or ideas).
2. PEDAGOGY: The way you will teach the content.  In other words, which methods you will use to most effectively present your content.
3. INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT): The tools you will use to most effectively present your content (YouTube videos, interactive eBooks, laptops, iPads, Projectors etc).

 

Ideally, a teacher will be able to recognise which technology can be used in which way to most effectively convey the content, in order for their students to both engage with and understand it.

 

 

Some great TPACK resources include the Teaching Teachers for the Future website and tpack.org which will be helpful if I've managed to make TPACK sound so titillating that you simply must investigate further.