Would like to share those very words that inspires me from the TPACK video:
Thinking Creatively: Teachers as designers Content, Technology and Pedagogy
Matthew J. Koehler & Punya Mishra
1. Technology, Pedagogy & Content are all complex and messy stuff!!!
What a mess I got myself into!!? O_O
2. Quality teaching is the act of learning to think in a disciplined manner
I'm a self-confess fan of metacognition. If the recommended book "Learning to think" by Janet Gail Donald is really that good, would definitely love to get my hands on one.
3. In solving teaching problem, the best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas. ~Linus Pauling~
That's a pretty good idea that I've never thought of! You know what, I've always tried to get the best idea by just focusing on one! This simple idea just opened up a whole lot of thinking dimension!
4. Creativity
- Novel (unique, radical, revolutionary, influential, pioneering)
- Effective
- Whole (complete)
This redefined creativity really gave a wholesome feel to the very meaning of creativity itself!
5. Creativity is the variation of a theme, is about tweaking the right knobs.
Koehler & Mishra did mention that play could lead to creativity which I agree. Suddenly makes me feel creativity is a fun stuff. Must admit that the word creative has become a burden to me whenever I think of it. Why? Coz as a teacher, we are supposed to be creative in our pedagogy.
6. The walls between arts and engineering exist only in our minds. ~Theo Jansen~
Our limits are in our mind. But very few are masters of their mind. If we could better understand how our mind works, how it's behaving, what it is doing every now and then, then we stand a far better chance of improving ourselves to greater heights.
An idea is ... highly contagious. The smallest seed of an idea can grow. ~Inception, 2010~
By the way, found a uncut version of the video from google video:
Thinking Creatively: Teachers as designers Content, Technology and Pedagogy
(too bad google video could not be embedded here...)
Back to sat's class. Got a new classmate --> Shakirah!!! Dang dang dang dang!!! Welcome welcome! (btw, those who din get to know her yet, she's very vocal! =) )
Thanks to both gurus: Yin & Sailor, which were well prepared with tons of revision for us. It was a session of learning theories revisited and TPACK revisited. Served as a great reminder to me to take these learning theories & TPACK into consideration when I devise my lesson plan.
Yea, question of the day: Is there a reason why TPCK was renamed into TPACK?
I remember asking this question in class, got the answer, but forgotten what was the answer liao... getting old... =p Could someone out there kindly remind this old man?
I do agree that the videos are very inspiring and somehow makes the whole TPACK concept and the story behind the concept clearer.
ReplyDeleteYes, I too, would like to know why TPCK is renamed to TPACK.