These past six weeks have been an interesting look into what it could mean to teach a class with the intentional decision to integrate technology to the best of your capabilities.
One of the most important things I’ve learned from this experience has been the importance of combining your content, your pedagogy, and your technology, in a way that will be impactful and memorable for your students. Here’s a quick online video to help describe this concept of TPCK:
The availability and capabilities of technology, however, can vary from state to state, and district to district. Finding ways to be creative with technology is important. Being an advocate for educational technology is also important. Let’s advocate for the future of our students to be smart, talented, and technologically savvy, as they will be tomorrow’s leaders in what is quickly becoming a very technologically centered and globally connected society.
Maeve A. Olson 