TPACK and Tech Savvy Article

I had fun using the Logger Pro application to implement technology into a science lesson for a first grade classroom.  The content that we used in our lesson was based upon Standard 3 Objective 2 Indicator A from the science section of the first grade core curriculum.  This indicator focuses on the students being able to identify water as a solid and liquid which we had them do. We first had a class discussion on the fact that water could be a solid, liquid, or gas.  We had them discuss in small groups which cups represented each stage.  This was the content knowledge used in the lesson.

We also used technology knowledge as we taught the students how to use the Logger Pro application.  They were able to be much more engaged in the lesson as they were able to use this technology to measure the temperatures of the various stages of water.

We also used pedagogical knowledge as we taught the students using whole class discussion, experimentation, and small group discussion with guided conversations from the teachers.  These activities helped the students to learn the content being taught from many ways.  The technology helped the students to contextualize their learning of water as a solid, liquid, and gas.  Making the learning meaningful to the student, in my opinion, is one of the best pedagogical techniques to acquire as a teacher.  I believe that we used the TPACK concept in our lesson.