1. Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
1.1. Effective Teaching
1.1.1. Content
1.1.1.1. Curricullum content you are conveying to the students
1.1.2. Pedagody
1.1.2.1. Methods of how to teach
1.1.3. Technology
1.1.3.1. Knowledge/ability to use technological tools
2. Technological
2.1. Media Ecology
2.1.1. Principles
2.1.1.1. How media plays the role influencing human interaction
2.1.1.2. Study of the artificially created media environment
2.1.1.3. A system that drives society, markets, science, future technologies
2.1.2. Implications
2.1.2.1. Power to shape our ideas for society to think, learn, behave in certain ways
2.1.2.2. Absorbed what media tells disabling us to make our own informed decisions
2.1.3. Benefits
2.1.3.1. Provides access to distant information on demand
2.1.3.2. Vast learning way beyond classroom
2.2. Social Construction of Technology (SCOT)
2.2.1. Principles
2.2.1.1. The study of interaction between humans and technology
2.2.1.2. Ways which technology benefits/harms us
2.2.1.3. How we shape technology or how technology shapes us
2.2.2. Implications
2.2.2.1. Create a sense of human isolation in a digital world
2.2.3. Benefits
2.2.3.1. Technology can enhance human capabilities
3. Teachnology
3.1. Tools to expand teaching capabilites beyond classroom settings
3.2. To involve greater interaction and engagement between students and the teacher
3.3. To ensure the teacher teaches WITH the technology and not "teaching behind the computer."
3.4. To create variety in learning with various media to meet needs of diverse students
3.5. Using tech. tools to form a professional comfortable connection with each student
4. Learning
4.1. Cognitive
4.1.1. Principles
4.1.1.1. Build upon behavioralist theory
4.1.1.2. Learning to shape the long term memory
4.1.1.3. Knowledge is "packed" into the brain chunk by chunk
4.1.1.4. Can include added background knowledge and maps to retain and organize info
4.1.1.5. Processing visual and audio info into a limitied memory space
4.1.1.6. For learning, knowledge from the short term-memory must make connections to long-term memory
4.1.2. Implications
4.1.2.1. The learning content is not meaningful, and only studied to "pass the test."
4.1.2.2. High tendency to overload the brain with info that cannot be retained (especially in long-tem). "In one ear and out the other."
4.1.2.3. Low engaging. Little relevance recognized.
4.1.2.4. Some students learn skills faster than others leading to fustration
4.1.2.5. High tendency for content overload. Must be broken into small steps
4.1.3. Benefits
4.1.3.1. Capability to distribute lots of information to lots of people in a short amount of time
4.1.3.2. A simplistic, cost-effective teaching method. Lecture and practice. Little resources required
4.1.3.3. Reinforces learning material
4.2. Constructivism
4.2.1. Principles
4.2.1.1. Enables hands on learning so students can learn for themselves.
4.2.1.2. Learning is based from experience and reflection
4.2.1.3. Teaches students the skills how to learn by taking the info, applying it and form questions
4.2.1.4. Student-lead learning where teacher prompts and leads discussion
4.2.2. Implications
4.2.2.1. Limited to smaller class sizes due to time restraints and limited resources.
4.2.2.2. Teacher must be well-prepared in advance
4.2.2.3. In certain cases, requires higher skilled teachers to ensure precaution/safety of students
4.2.3. Benefits
4.2.3.1. Allows for personalization and self-reflection by evaluation of own work.
4.2.3.2. Better retention of learning content as the experience is stored in long-term memory.
4.2.3.3. Students gain confidence from higher engagement
4.3. Connectivism
4.3.1. Principles
4.3.1.1. Learning approach is taken beyond classroom
4.3.1.2. Integration of technologies to enhance communication between curriculum and outer world
4.3.1.3. Involves interaction between teacher and students. Getting students to question
4.3.1.4. Involves diverse ways of learning, to meet various student needs
4.3.2. Implications
4.3.2.1. Technological equipment = $$$$$
4.3.2.2. Tendency to rely too much on technology. "Teaching behind the computer."
4.3.3. Benefits
4.3.3.1. Learning content creates strong personalized meaning. More than the sake of passing the text.
4.3.3.2. High learning engagement with heavy interaction
4.3.3.3. Opportunity for teacher to learn from students and students learning from other students