TPACK
With technology advancing in every aspect possible in every field it was only a matter of time until it was integrated into the classroom. The article states that it is imperative that technology is not only introduced and talked about in schools but also be implemented in ways that are used to their full potential for the teachers and students to take advantage of. This involves finding balance between the aspects of what the teacher provides with technology. I believe that it is very important to note that the teacher is a very important part of this as the teacher also provides overall life experience knowledge and interaction skills. It is this perfect harmony that will help our future generations succeed.
Teacher, Self and Peer Evaluation of Lesson Plans Written by Preservice Teachers
This article provides a study showing the importance of evaluations provided by teachers, peers, and yourself. Overall the preferred and most productive evaluation was that given by the teacher. Students demonstrated better improvement and better understanding than those in peer or self evaluation; and of those remaining, peer evaluation was preferred over self evaluation. Students appeared to take more credibility to the feedback provided by the teacher than other peers. Peer and self evaluation scores were important also because they rely on the ability for students to not only be responsible with the work but also to keep bias aside as they provide constructive feedback and appropriate evaluations. The results also showed that scores were better in peer evaluation than self evaluation when the
process was done keeping the students' work anonymous.
I agree with you that their has to be a perfect balance when having TPACK in your classroom. Also I believe that when students give self evaluations they can see exactly what they need to improve on, but they also see what they have been excelling in as well.
ReplyDeleteI do think that peer evaluations are important in the classroom, and I do believe that it can help motivate a student more. However, I think that peer evaluations can actually hinder students productivity. Some students do not want their work shown to their peers. This can cause problems within the classroom among students. Many students can be cruel if one of the students does not do when on the evaluation.
ReplyDeleteTPACK isn’t a tool kit, but more of a construct or goal to which the colleges aspire. It gives a philosophy for moving forward as we draw three concentric circles on a piece of paper, representing technology, pedagogy and content knowledge. The point at which all three circles overlap is the “sweet spot” in which – ideally – faculty should be operating most of the time.
ReplyDeleteLike many other teacher education programs around the country, I am experimenting with various models to determine how best to work technology into its core courses and thus ensure that teacher candidates know content, pedagogy and technology. I think it’s a beautiful picture of what education should look like if we get there but I also feel guilty that all of you as my “white rats” will be my ongoing experiments to fulfill that ideal and beautiful picture…
Teacher evaluations are a "promising and yet controversial" aspect to learn how teachers perform in the teaching arena though many scholars criticize the true values of teacher qualities if evaluations become one of the determinants. In my opinion, being a teacher is not only a life- learning profession but also a service to the public, which require a set of evaluations either from outsiders or self to reflect our own practicum and to grow our expertise. I will utilize the peer evaluations for our class during the microteaching sessions and you may reflect your learning to this article and ask the feedback from the actual classroom teacher if you get the chance to teach one unit in the classroom!
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