Curriculum



=Bladen County Schools Digital Teaching and Learning Initiative Curriculum=

What is successful technology integration?
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Pedagogical Knowledge (PK)

Pedagogical Knowledge is deep knowledge about the processes and practices or methods of teaching and learning and how it encompasses (among other things) overall educational purposes, values and aims. This is a generic form of knowledge that is involved in all issues of student learning, classroom management, lesson plan development and implementation, and student evaluation. It includes knowledge about techniques or methods to be used in the classroom; the nature of the target audience; and strategies for evaluating student understanding. A teacher with deep pedagogical knowledge understands how students construct knowledge and acquire skills; develop habits of mind and positive dispositions towards learning. As such, pedagogical knowledge requires an understanding of cognitive, social and developmental theories of learning and how they apply to students in their classroom.

Teaching Strategies

Content Knowledge (CK)

Content Knowledge is knowledge about the actual subject matter that is to be learned or taught. The content to be covered in high school social studies or algebra is very different from the content to be covered in a graduate course on computer science or art history. Clearly, teachers must know and understand the subjects they teach, including: knowledge of central facts, concepts, theories and procedures within a given field; knowledge of explanatory frameworks that organize and connect ideas; and knowledge of the rules of evidence and proof (Shulman, 1986). Teachers must also understand the nature of knowledge and inquiry in different fields. For example, how is a proof in mathematics different from a historical explanation or a literary interpretation? Teachers who do not have these understandings can misrepresent those subjects to their students (Ball, & McDiarmid, 1990).

Framework for Thinking

Technology Knowledge Technology knowledge is knowledge about standard technologies such as books and chalk and blackboard, as well as more advanced technologies such as the Internet and digital video. This would involve the skills required to operate particular technologies. In the case of digital technologies this would include knowledge of operating systems, and computer hardware, as well as the ability to use standard set of software tools such as word processors, spreadsheets, browsers, email etc. TK would include knowledge of how to install and remove peripheral devices, install and remove software programs, create and archive documents. Most standard technology workshops and tutorials tend to focus on the acquisition of such skills.





In the TPACK framework, Technology Knowledge (TK), can combine with:
 * Content Knowledge (CK) to form Technological Content Knowledge (TCK);
 * Pedagogical Knowledge (PK) to form Technological Pedagogical Knowledge (TPK); and
 * Content Knowledge (CK) and Pedagogical Knowledge (PK) to form Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK).





Go back to this Padlet, reflect on technology use in your classroom. In what areas of technology used do you need assistance?