This document discusses TPACK (Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge), which identifies the different knowledge areas teachers must have to teach effectively. It includes technological knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and content knowledge. These areas overlap. The document discusses how the author's understanding of their own TPACK has grown through the course, with an expanded understanding of how to use technology for teaching. The author believes learning about TPACK will help them as a teacher by allowing them to effectively integrate technology, pedagogy, and content knowledge.

1. M U L T I M E D I A R E F L E C T I O N
Module 12

2. What is TPACK?
 TPACK stands for Technological, pedagogical and
content knowledge
 It identifies the different knowledge areas that
teachers must have in order to teach
 These knowledge areas overlap
 Each persons TPACK is different
 All teachers have TPACK even if they are not aware
of what it is; it is how they teach, and what they
know

3. The Knowledge Areas
 Technological Knowledge
 How well teachers are able to use and understand technology
 Pedagogical Knowledge
 How a teacher teaches their students
 Content Knowledge
 How well a teacher knows the content that they are teaching

4. My TPACK
 During this semester my
TPACK diagram has
changed quite significantly.
When I first started this
course I had an
understanding of
technology as I use it every
day, however I now
understand how to use it in
teaching a lot more. I have
expanded my
Technological Pedagogical
(TPK) knowledge
drastically this semester.
 This was my TPACK
diagram from module 5.
Since I made this my TPK
has expanded further.

5. What I have learned
 Through this course I have learned how to use
technology, but also how to use technology in
relation to teaching. This is why my own TPACK
diagram has changed so much thought the semester.

6. My TPACK
 As you can tell, even since
module 5 my understanding of
my own TPACK has changed. I
now have a greater
understanding of how the
different knowledge areas
overlap, and how that effects
me as a pre-service teacher. I
have gained a lot of knowledge
regarding technology in this
course, and I have learned how
to relate it to teaching the
content that I know, and tying
it into my own teaching
pedagogy.

7. How will this impact me as a teacher?
 Learning about TPACK and understanding how
technology knowledge, pedagogical knowledge and
content knowledge are all interrelated will help me
as a teacher as I will have a greater understanding of
how to use them all to help my students.
Understanding how to use all the knowledge areas
will allow me to use them all to teach my students to
the best of my ability, while using different
technology to teach the content.