TPAK is integrating technology with concepts in your teaching. Technology helps the teachers to get concepts taught more easily and thoroughly through cutting out the concepts that only hinder the learning environment. For example, a student who is assigned to study out a certain study or research project, through analyzing the data, and interpreting it and then making a graph or chart. The student can learn much more about analyzing, understanding and interpreting the data if the student is able to create the graph or chart on a computer. Less time is spent on the actual making of the graph or chart, and thus more of the student's time is focused on the analyzing, understanding and interpreting. Another example is a Geometer's Sketchpad. This helps students to better understand geometric relationships. And lastly, word processors help students to quickly record their thoughts for an essay, or something similar to an essay. The students can spend less time through typing, and therefore be able to write a thorough essay.
It is necessary for teachers to have TPAK knowledge, so they can more efficiently teach what is supposed to be taught and understood by the students, with less time focused on the tediousness of some tasks without the use of technology. The students are able to progress more quickly.
Here is a screen shot of my story board. The pictures and music are saved to my hard drive.
What was your experience like using the online storyboard . . . we have had some say it was harder to use than they thought it would be.
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