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this is one thing that's related to my work since my return to work on 20090401.
TPCK (read "TPACK"), stands for "Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge", just to quote "(it is a) complex, multifaceted and situated form of knowledge” (Mishra & Koehler, 2006, 1017)".
(source: tpck.org)
very briefly, when we reflect upon the time when we use ICT in our classroom, teachers are applying techonological knowledge of the watever tools u might choose to see how best the affordances can be used to as part of your carrying out of lesson (the pedagogical knowledge) on your intended lesson and its outcomes/objectvies (the content knowledge). and these three types of knowledge are not standalone but overlaps with each other. so for e.g. your pedagogical knowledge will not be wat it used to be as it has now evolved to include ICT; likewise the use of an ICT may not be wat it is originally designed to ("repurposing"). Yes, TPCK is not a new idea, and if you're interested to get a better understanding of this, here's some resources:
1. a MUST WATCH webinar by Mishra & Koehler (i found this very useful link from tucksoon's blog, thank you :)
2. notes taken by Wesley Fryer during the keynote presentation at CITE2007 by Mishra & Koehler
3. TPCK.org maintained by Mishra & Koehler
4. related reading list on TPCK.org
chanced upon this tool "Voice Thread" when i saw it mentioned in one of my blogline feeds (which has been neglected for 3 weeks at least), it's a pretty impressive tool which allows a teacher to engage students in self-expression or group conversation on some common topic. the 'topic' can exist in 14 types of media format (wmv, ppt, gif, pps, pdf, jpg, doc, png, opd, bmp, xls, mov, flv, avi) and the conversation can occur in 5 ways (voice, video, phone, type, upload).
more useful features for teachers include comments moderation, which allows teachers to invite parents, communities to view and participate (students can only invite peers within the community to comment on their work); to protect privacy further (or i think it suits students' needs to adopt different personalities at different time), they can create multiple identities/avatars when 'talking'.
would definitely like to experiment with it if i were in the classroom right now, if only ...
you simply have to check out the following official intro to learn more about Voice Thread (not juz in written form here):
if you are currently in school teaching, you can 'go pro' any apply for a FREE (with some conditions) account and explore it for use with your students! details' here.
am slow in finding out about this platform, but it's never too late :)
