Learning how technology is useful for classrooms today was very informative but the section that interested me the most from the article was learning all the different types of "knowledges" were. Learning the difference between "Pedagogical Knowledge" and "Technology Knowledge" really helped me understand the article as a whole because it helped me realize how "TPCK" embodies a teacher to properly understand and effectively pass on their knowledge to students in all fields. One would simply believe that knowledge is what you know off the "teacher's manual", but your ability to help clarify problems for students.
I also especially enjoyed the section concerning the difficulties of technology in a classroom. The problem that I highly agreed upon was "errors" because when incorporating technology, students often feel the pace is going extremely fast. When an error occurs for example on one or two students computers, and they are unable to follow up on the lesson, I feel the students are almost 2-3 steps behind already. Programs, internet connections and simple errors such as right clicking instead of left clicking are such common problems with using technology and I'm glad the writers of the articles mentioned the troubles associated with new technology. I felt the article was very helpful in outlining how a teacher should successfully incorporate and teach students hand in hand with technology.
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