Reflecting

So looking through my blog I noticed my post of reflecting upon TPACK and Blooms Taxonomy wasn't there (it must of accidently got cancelled along the way) so here it is again. For my Reflection I chose a PMI Chart to identify what I believe to be interesting, positive or minus thoughts of TPACK and Blooms Taxonomy.

TPACK

Positive

• specific pedagogy's (ways of teaching)
• Each content area is specifically designed to make learning successful
• a strong relationship between pedagogy, technology, content and context
• It is designed and used for specific purposes

Minus

• It is essential to have a high level of technical skills.
• Need to clearly know your content and the context in which you chose to deliver your content in.

Image Source: http://tpack.org/

Interesting

• Teaching transforms learning
• You  need to know what is best for your learners in order to select specific content and digital tools to assist their individual needs.

Blooms Taxonomy

Positive

• new learning opportunities available as technology constantly advances
• Learning can start at any point
• Reflecting on prior knowledge

Minus

• Ability to gain access to Collaborative tools such as wikis, blogs, blackboard ect.
• Technology is expensive to keep upgrading
• Technology can at times be unreliably due to being fragile equipment, receiving viruses, battery or networking issues

Interesting

• "It's not about the tools its, using the tools to facilitate learning" (Churches, 2009)
• Collaboration today is essential in learning

References:
TPACK
Churches, A. (2009). Blooms Digital Taxonomy. http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/bloom%27s+Digital+taxonomy+v3.01.pdf
Image source: http://teaching.uncc.edu/files/image/resources/pedagogy/diagramforwriting.gif