TPACK & Science

TPACK means Technological Pedagogical And Content Knowledge. The TPACK framework has three kinds of knowledge at its core.

Pedagogical knowledge (PK) can be defined as general knowledge and skills related to teaching. This kind of knowledge has to do with children

Content knowledge (CK) is knowledge of the facts, concepts, and skills that exist in a particular domain. This would be a college professor.

Technological knowledge (TK) is the knowledge required to understand and use various technologies. This would be some kind of computer nerd, who designs computer programs and such.

It is important as teachers to have some knowledge in all these areas. If we are going to be teaching kids skills we need to teach them the basics and we need to be experienced in all these areas.

Today in class, I got to play with a thermometer that plugs into the computer. It was so cool! We put the thermometer into water and then would take it out of the water and put our hands on it. It was so fun to see how the temperature would rise and fall. I had no idea you could plug a thermometer into a computer! The things I learn into this class...Love it!!