TPACK

TPACK stands for technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge. Technological knowledge is knowing and understanding technology. Pedagogical knowledge is having knowledge and skills related to teaching. Content knowledge is to have knowledge about a certain subject and know all of the facts and concept. In order to be an effective teacher it is important to have all three of these. It isin't enough to have be familiar with two of these things; it is important to have a knowledge of all three. When all three are put together, teachers are able to effectively teach.

Learning new things

I really liked this weeks assigment. At first I thought that it was really confusing but then I caught on to it. It's so crazy to me all of the things that you can do with the internet. I think that my favorite thing that I did on this session was edit a picture on picnik. I had never edited a picture before and I thought that it was pretty cool.

Technology Background

Ever since I was young I have been using computers. Before transferring to BYU, I took a computer course at a community college that taught me how to use microsoft office. In doing so, I became very familiar with microsoft powerpoint and word. I still find microsoft excel to be a little confusing. I wouldn't consider myself an expert on the internet but I know how to figure out most things. I'm excited to learn how to do more things with technology.