TPACK lesson plan

Lesson Plan for TPACK integration

Application
Describe an instructional activity (e.g. part of a lesson plan) where you can incorporate this technology. Consider an activity that can be conducted in 10-15 minutes.

First, provide some details regarding:

• Learners: My learners will be 1^st graders.

• Learning outcomes: Students will be able to identify and label nouns.
  
  
• Assessment: I will provide the students will a short quiz through socrative, for me to assess their learning and see if I need to reteach anything.

Second, break down your activity into a timeline of planned events and procedures. Here you should describe what students and the teacher will be doing chronologically during the activity. Below is one of the good examples from previous reflections:

• We will begin the lesson with watching the noun video on brainpop jr.
• Then I will have the students tell me what they learned from the video and tell me some nouns that they see around the room
• I will write different words on the board and have the students identify if they are nouns or not.
• I will then have them draw a noun that they see on a blank sheet of paper for me to see that they can identify them on their own
• I will give a small quiz on socrative to check that students understanding.

Reflection
Considering your learning activity described above, write two paragraphs or three for each section below addressing the questions. It may be helpful to keep in mind the followings when reflecting:

1. How well the use of this technology may support your teaching strategies in this activity.

The use of this technology definitely supported the teaching activity.  I felt it was very useful and gave a different way for students to obtain information.

2. How effectively the use of this technology may enhance students' understanding of and learning from your particular content in this activity.
   
   I feel like this technology can enhance the students learning by giving them a fun way to learn.  I also feel like younger students will pay attention to videos like this and learn from them because they like to watch things and have the different methods of learning.

--Pedagogical-Content:

Your pedagogical content knowledge refers to your understanding of teaching strategies that are specific to a content area. That is the knowledge about choosing appropriate pedagogies for teaching a particular content Example: Using drill-and-practice to teach math problem solving. This strategy however may not necessarily be effective for other content areas.

Now, forget about the technology for a while…..Just tells us about your teaching strategies that you employ in your activity (e.g., analogies, demonstrations, illustrations, examples, explanations, group work, drill-practice, simulations, role-play, lecturing, self-guided learning, inquiry-based learning, problem based learning or etc). Specifically:

• What are your strategies and why do you think your strategies are appropriate to teaching this specific content?  What makes you believe it would help your students comprehend this particular content? Give specific examples from your described activity.
  
  I think if I was teaching a full lesson on this I would show my students the video first and then I would check their comprehension of the lesson by going back over it verbally and ask them questions about what they learned. I think that students of the younger generations like to use technology and watch videos on the computers, I think they would really enjoy this technology and process it more.
  
  
• What would be some conceptions and pre-conceptions that students of different ages and backgrounds bring with them when learning this particular content? What would you be concerned about students' prior knowledge, experiences, motivation? Again focus on the content and your teaching strategy, not the technology!
  
  Depending on the age of the students you are teaching, I am aiming for the younger grades, and like first graders would likely not know much about nouns.  I would not be concerned about prior knowledge because most of the time their knowledge they already know is correct.

--Technological-Pedagogical:

Your technological pedagogical knowledge refers to your understanding of technologies for particular learning tasks, your ability to choose technologies based on its fitness, your knowledge of pedagogical strategies, and your ability to apply those strategies for use of technologies Example: Selecting Edmodo/facebook for facilitating student generated debate. Edmodo here is the technology that supports the main pedagogy-group discussion/debate.

In the previous section, you talked about your instructional strategies. Keeping these strategies you stated in mind, now tell us how the technology is used in your activity.  Specifically:

• What main instructional strategies would this technology use serve in your activity? How would using the technology support the way you teach this activity? Please give examples and be specific to your described activity. Think about your main teaching strategies that this technology would support.
  
  This would help reinforce the strategies in the lesson.  This technology would give me another way to teach the lesson and another method of learning for the students. 
  
  
• What different classroom management strategies you might need to consider when using this technology in the activity? Give examples and be specific to your described activity.
  
  I would need to consider the method of delivering the video to the students. Whether it be them watching the video on the smart board together or on their own iPad. And manage their behavior and monitor their watching of the video.

--Technological Pedagogical Content:

Your technological pedagogical content knowledge refers to your understanding of how teaching and learning from content may change when technology used and is our knowledge about selecting technologies that suits, support, and enhances teaching strategies and learning activities in your particular content area. It is your understanding of teaching strategies to effectively teach the particular content and help student conceptual difficulties in this content by meaningfully incorporating technologies. Example: Using a flash card app on iPad as a means to aid students memorize words and definitions in language learning. iPad app is here chosen as a tool to support the pedagogy around instant feedback, quick repetition, and individualized learning. These are some of the strategies used in language learning content area.

Now, let’s focus on the content you’re teaching in your activity. Think about your decisions to incorporate this technology and the teaching strategies in relation to your particular content area. Tell us specifically about:

• How would using this technology enhance the way the content is represented in your activity (e.g. demonstrations, explanations, examples, illustrations, analogies, and etc.)? That is why you think the selection and the pedagogical use of this technology may enhance what you teach (the content in your activity). Give specific examples from your activity to support your answer and keep in mind the learning objectives that you stated previously. 
  
  This technology would enhance the content by giving a different way for the students to learn the lesson, it is important to have different methods for the students to learn.
  
  
• In what different ways students practice or understand the content in your activity that would otherwise not be possible without the use of the technology? In addition to motivational benefits, what else can students do with this technology as they are learning the content?
  
  Without this technology the students would only get to learn about it from my perspective, and not have a different method that delivered the information differently. The students can also play different games on this site, to reinforce the information they have obtained.