1. Technological Theories
1.1. SCOT
1.1.1. Technology does not shape the learner, but the learner shapes technology
1.1.2. Social Construction of Technology
1.1.3. Technology is determined as either good or bad due to societies opinion
1.1.4. Used as a tool to evaluate if a technological tool is fit for socially constructed needs or not
1.1.5. The way new technology was formulated matches consumers wants, for example the invention of tablets
1.2. Media Ecology
1.2.1. Technology affects the way we learn and perceive the world
1.2.2. No one agrees on one definition
1.2.3. Society does not affect technology but technology highly influences society
1.2.4. For example the use of social networking has influenced the way society communicates
1.2.5. Opposite thoughts on technology compared to SCOT
2. TPACK
2.1. Technological, Pedagogical and Context Knowledge
2.2. Each component can stand on its own but is used best when all three knowledges are used to support one another
2.3. Technological Knowledge is the ability to see how technology fits in teaching information and learning information
2.4. Pedagogical knowledge is the knowledge of knowing how to teaching information you know to students
2.5. Context knowledge is knowing information on the subject you are teaching to students
3. Philosophy of Teaching
3.1. Teachers own personal thought of how they will use and intertwine technology into the classroom
3.2. This philosophical statement on how technology will be used in the classroom is influenced by the personal experiences of the teacher in classrooms
3.3. These statements are not concrete but can be changed and developed over time
3.4. These statement should include examples of how this philosophy of technological use in classrooms will be implemented
3.5. These statements are personal to the teacher
4. Learning Theories
4.1. Connectivism
4.1.1. Learning that is obtained through life experiences and social connections
4.1.2. Uses new technological tools to increase knowledge
4.1.3. Based on the ability to gain and exchange new ideas through the connections you have created
4.1.4. Learning is based on finding new ideas and not worrying about learning what is already known
4.1.5. It is the learner who is responsible to find information and knowledge that is out in the world
4.2. Behaviourism
4.2.1. Learning is due to response of a stimulus
4.2.2. Behaviour is learnt through practice and repetition of the correct action
4.2.3. The learnt behaviour is reinforced by reward and punishment
4.2.4. The teacher is there to provide modelling and cues for the child to behave in certain ways
4.2.5. This theory can be used in the class room to keep students focused on the task at hand
4.3. Constuctionism
4.3.1. Knowledge is based on what one has been experienced and not on what has to be taught
4.3.2. Many hands on activities allow the learner to experience and put forth what they have experienced into learning
4.3.3. The teacher is the students guide to learning not the enforcer
4.3.4. Able to use basic skills that have been learnt to solve complex problems
4.3.5. The learner constructs knowledge through reflection on experiences of solving realistic problems