Overall, I feel the lesson, Melissa and I presented on Bones went very well. I think we incorporated a variety of technology tools from: YouTube, e-sheet and the overhead. I think we both did a great job “acting” as if our class was a group of fourth graders. This lesson provided a great amount of feedback from other teachers and I will be using this lesson in my own classroom. One change I would make is using the Corkboard or Microsoft Word for my KWL chart. I would have also given each student a blank Mr. Bones to fill in the vocabulary as I went along to fill on their own paper.
The TPCK encourages teachers to integrate technology in their lessons. As a teacher, I am guilty of using the same type of technology for my lessons. However by using the TPCK and activities I learned in class, I now have new ideas of incorporating technology into my classroom. Some of the ideas, I will use is implementing a web quest, e-sheets and keeping up with my teacher website. This year, I will be teaching science to my fifth grade class and by looking at the TPCK model; it stressed the importance of content knowledge. I need to be aware of the objectives to prepare the lessons I teach to my students. I will be using the TPCK model for further lessons I teach in my classroom.
