TPACK Quest

Well, I'm all done my technology education course. It was definitely something new to me, I've never had a technology based course and I'm glad that it is something I was able to do before going out on my first teaching block. I learned how to use a lot of new technologies, one being this blog. I've had a blog before but only in the most basic form. I don't know that I would have been able to add all of the different tabs at the top or create a lot of the projects that I have worked on.

Gamification was a brand new concept to me. However, I know that making students feel like they are playing a game is a smart way to get them involved. I see this in my placement right now as the students spend all available time on a computer on the game Prodigy, which is in reality all about math, but made fun as they have to get correct math answers when fighting battles and casting spells.

I feel confident in the Digital ID that I have created for myself. It is so important, especially being in the 21st century, to be cognizant of our identity online. This is how we present ourselves to the world, and we must be careful about what we put online. This is another topic which I know feel more confident in exploring with future students to help them also understand the importance of this.

Being a digital teacher is so important to me now! Connecting to digital communities has allowed me to participate in enriching discussion with other teachers, to reach out and receive answers on topics that I needed assistance with, and even in finding resources for my lessons and unit plans. I feel that my teaching is going to be better because I am a digital teacher.




Looking back on what I have done I feel a sense of accomplishment up to this point, and confidence for the future and using these tools in my classroom.

Dani