What is TPACK and the effect this framework could have on classroom instruction.

 

TPACK is where content, pedagogy, knowledge, and technology co-exist, co-constrain, and co-create (taken directly from the article) to form a unity of student centered meaningful learning. There are some educators in the field that have already discovered this uniqueness surrounded around the use of technology. But many of the teachers in the classroom cannot get to the meaningful learning stage without some serious guidance so TPACK may be the answer. I do believe this may be one of those times that a one-on-one relationship needs to be created between the TPACK mentor and the teacher. Just professional development with thirty teachers is not going to convince teachers to take the concept and run with it. I see this framework as the next big success for the education of children of all ages. Even I, while reading the textbook wanted to start adjusting the basics to include more detail in the designing of activities using content specific pedagogy. My interest has been peeked.