Comments on: ISTE: SIGTE Webinar on TPACK http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2008/11/20/sigte-webinar/ Punya Mishra's Web Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:57:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Punya Mishra http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2008/11/20/sigte-webinar/comment-page-1/#comment-20713 Punya Mishra Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:12:03 +0000 http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2008/11/20/sigte-webinar/#comment-20713 Thanks Sean for the note and your support of the TPACK framework. As you can see from this blog my efforts over the past few months has been to both support the spread of the TPACK word (and your efforts at *suggesting* :-) are much appreciated) as well as push the framework forward towards an emphasis on creativity. Hence all these postings about how a "technology can become an educational technology." I sincerely believe that unless we get teachers to get more playful with T, P and C - we will not be able to realize the potential of these new devices for education. Thanks Sean for the note and your support of the TPACK framework. As you can see from this blog my efforts over the past few months has been to both support the spread of the TPACK word (and your efforts at *suggesting* :-) are much appreciated) as well as push the framework forward towards an emphasis on creativity. Hence all these postings about how a “technology can become an educational technology.” I sincerely believe that unless we get teachers to get more playful with T, P and C – we will not be able to realize the potential of these new devices for education.

]]> By: Sean Nash http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2008/11/20/sigte-webinar/comment-page-1/#comment-20709 Sean Nash Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:31:33 +0000 http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2008/11/20/sigte-webinar/#comment-20709 Awesome introduction! Also- thanks for posting this webinar link. This topic is starting (through my relentless *suggestion*) to get quite a bit of attention in my district. To me, I honestly believe that it has to be one of the "checks" to use to look back on while you plan any sort of technology integration effort. We are beginning an undertaking that will -for the first time- pay real and honest attention tot he learning needs of teachers. There is no way to produce truly techsmart kids within our core content areas by age 18 without first building tech savvy teachers. In a district steeped in a focus on pedagogy, where we truly consider both content and practice with every move we make, we are still eons behind in possessing the "T circle" in your venn diagram. I suspect that this is case more often that not. I've said it before, but again... thanks for not only doing the work on TPACK, but in continuing to increase awareness to this framework. There is truly no reason folks in secondary schools cannot consider this work today. In fact, I think all decision makers in education will be looking at it in the not-to-distant future. Awesome introduction! Also- thanks for posting this webinar link. This topic is starting (through my relentless *suggestion*) to get quite a bit of attention in my district. To me, I honestly believe that it has to be one of the “checks” to use to look back on while you plan any sort of technology integration effort.

We are beginning an undertaking that will -for the first time- pay real and honest attention tot he learning needs of teachers. There is no way to produce truly techsmart kids within our core content areas by age 18 without first building tech savvy teachers.

In a district steeped in a focus on pedagogy, where we truly consider both content and practice with every move we make, we are still eons behind in possessing the “T circle” in your venn diagram. I suspect that this is case more often that not.

I’ve said it before, but again… thanks for not only doing the work on TPACK, but in continuing to increase awareness to this framework. There is truly no reason folks in secondary schools cannot consider this work today. In fact, I think all decision makers in education will be looking at it in the not-to-distant future.

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