The student reflects on how their knowledge of TPACK (Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge) has grown through their EDU 210 course. They discuss gaining a better understanding of how to apply technologies like Twitter and personal learning networks (PLNs) in educational settings. While they feel their technology knowledge increased the most, they also learned how to develop lessons using tools like SMART boards in appropriate ways for different content areas. The student recognizes TPACK as an ongoing process that will continue evolving throughout their teaching career.

1. EDU 210
Module 12
TPACK Reflection
Megan Nettleton

2. My Growth in TPACK
• I feel as though this class, EDU 210, has really
allowed me to develop a sound sense of TPACK.
The interaction between Technology, Pedagogy,
and Content knowledge is essential for teachers. I
think that EDU 210 really emphasizes the
Technology knowledge, which is great because I
don’t know where else I would have gained this
knowledge for my future classroom.

3. Technology Knowledge
• With specific regard to technology knowledge, I know with certainty that I
have grown in this area this semester. Coming into this class I knew many of
the basics that I will need in a classroom, but I didn’t know how to apply
them in an educational way, or how to further my knowledge in this area.
• An example of a technology that I didn’t know coming into this classroom
was the power that a PLN can have, for both students and teachers. I think
this is a great way to have students constantly reflecting on what they know,
or even what they don’t know. It also allows for teachers to reflect on how
they feel their classrooms are doing, and allows for them to encourage their
students to learn in a different way.
• An example of technology that I know before, but didn’t know how to apply it
to a classroom setting would be Twitter. I would have never thought to make
a classroom hashtag (#) to use to have students connect over assignments, or
to be able to talk outside of the classroom. I think this is a very clever way for
a classroom to always be connected.

4. Content Knowledge
• With specific regard to content knowledge I feel like EDU 210 has further developed
my knowledge of what is appropriate in different classrooms. There may be
students with learning disabilities, students who can’t make it to class all of the
time, or a number of other scenarios, but I feel like this class has better prepared
me for how I can deal with this, through a technologically-savvy way.
• I still believe that this is the area where I will grow the most in the next few years as
a pre-service teacher. I think that my EDEL classes will help to develop this part of
TPACK for me, as they will teach me the content that I will need to know for a
specific grade level. However, I do think that EDU 210 has helped to fill the gaps as
to what kinds of technology are appropriate for different content.
• A specific example of this would be in Module 6, where we developed a SMART
board lesson that would show how to educationally develop a lesson for a classroom
using a SMART board. This was helpful because this is something that I know I will
have to do in the future, and although I may now know the exact content that my
classroom will need to be learning, I am able to learn how to provide lessons to my
students in interactive meaningful ways.

5. Pedagogical Knowledge
• With specific regard to pedagogical knowledge, I feel like EDU 210 has
helped all of its students, as pre-service teachers, to develop some kind of
sense as to how they picture running their classroom, and what kinds of
technologies they see themselves using. I think it would be extreme to use
every single technology that shown to us all at the same time, but I think we
were each able to come to some consensus as to what our teaching
philosophy will be with regards to technology.
• For example, while I think Pintrest is a great resource for myself as a teacher
to have, I am not so sure it would provide my students with what they need
to be successful. I think that it would be more of a distraction in the
classroom, than an aid to their learning.
• However, I think that the use of Pintrest as a resource for a teacher is
fantastic because it provides me with an endless supply of different ideas on
how to teach lessons, and how to make content more interesting by the way I
am teaching it.

6. Pre-Service Teacher
Reflection
• As a pre-service teacher I feel that TPACK is an essential
component to my learning. It is something that will always be
growing and changing to suit my needs as a teacher, and the
needs of my classroom. I think it is important to continue to
reflect on how my TPACK diagram is changing in order to ensure
that I am doing all that I can to be the best teacher I can be. There
isn’t just one part of TPACK that should take precedence over the
others, it should all work with each other. The growth of one circle
will impact another circle, and that is where the crossover will
begin. As a teacher, the idealistic version of TPACK is to have a
TPACK model where all three circles have crossover, and a
reflection on how/why they crossover. I believe that it is this
contents reflection on TPACK that will allow for me to be a great
teacher.