Curriculum-Based Technology Integration K-12:
tpack teaching case

The purpose of this assignment was to bridge theory with practice by observing another educator's lesson and then critiquing using the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) conceptual framework.  TPCK, or typically written as TPACK, was designed to help educators understand the successful combination of teaching and content expertise with technology integration.  

"At the heart of TPCK is the dynamic, transactional relationship between content, pedagogy and technology. Good teaching with technology requires understanding the mutually reinforcing relationships between all three elements taken together to develop appropriate, context specific strategies and representations" (Koehler, Mishra, & Yahya, 2007).  

To purposefully and successfully apply TPACK to classroom practices, it helps to observe another educator's technology integration in action.  The following lesson is titled "The Case of the Missing Puma" and follows a middle school teacher and her students as they explore forensic science.  

References:
Koehler, M., Mishra, P., & Yahya, K. (2007).  Tracing the development of teacher knowledge in a design seminar:   
     Integrating content, pedagogy and technology.  Computers & Education, 49, 740-762.  
     doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2005.11.012