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 * // Reflection Prompt Module 2 //** : How the artifacts in your pre-competencies verification reflect your technology use as an educator? In light of your learning about TPACK, identify areas of improvement needed.

Right now, I find that, upon reflection and completion of the pre-competencies verification, my technology use as an educator is lacking. While my current position allows me to utilize technology, I haven’t had the opportunity to create what I feel to be good examples of technology artifacts. Nor have I spear-headed any innovative or creative uses of available technology.

As I delve into the study of TPACK, I have identified that I will be coming from a different place than most of my classmates. As I watched all of the introductory VoiceThreads, I noticed that the majority of my classmates are subject area or primary classroom teachers. Their “content” area is either a specific subject, or a variety of subjects at the elementary level. My role in faculty development means that “pedagogical knowledge” is also my “content knowledge.” I sort of “live” in the intersection of pedagogical content knowledge or PCK. The content I share with learners is pedagogy – teaching, learning, assessment, evaluation and scholarship being the main knowledge areas. The reason I am pursuing this program is because of the missing T – technology. Right now, there is a large area of intersection of pedagogical and content knowledge, with very little intersection with technological knowledge.

Hopefully in the near future I will be able to integrate the technological knowledge in a more balanced and meaningful way to achieve the nice, balanced intersections found in the TPACK model.