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In the Kitchen with TPACK

This week I dove into studying the TPACK Framework and connecting it with my teaching practices in a unique way. As you will see in the video, I am in the kitchen making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a few tools. This is centered around TPACK which is a framework developed by Dr. Matthew Koehler and Dr. Punya Mishra that combines three knowledge areas to make learning more accessible to students. The knowledge areas include technology knowledge, content knowledge, and pedagogical knowledge. TPACK combines the three to look at how the overlap between these knowledge areas can improve student understanding.
To explore this framework, I had to complete a cooking task and share my observations along the way. Check out the video below to see what it was like to make a PB & J sandwich with a few unique constraints. As you will see, I had to repurpose a few tools to help me accomplish the task. While it may have been easier to make the sandwich had I had a knife, it helped me to understand the overlap of the three knowledges from the TPACK framework.
As I had to repurpose a few tools and stretch the original purpose of some of those tools, I realized the importance of selecting the right tools for a task. When I connect this to my classroom, I see how in order to do certain tasks that I require of my students I need to make sure I am selecting the right tools to aid in student understanding. How can I expect my students to complete a task when the tool they are using does not support their learning? This is something to consider as educators in this technology-driven age.
References:
Mishra, P., & Koehler, M. J. (2006). Technological pedagogical content knowledge: A framework for teacher knowledge. Teachers College Record, 108(6), 1017-1054.
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