Week 8 PLE

• I thought the article was a bit tricky, maybe because I'm not TPACK savvy. Nonetheless, this is what I got from it:
  
• One problem with learning TPACK skills is the need for not only taking the time to learn them, but also learning how to incorporate the technology into the classroom. The article stresses the importance that the activity types should be organized into functional subcategories.
• The main idea of the article is the fact that TPACK can help meet the needs of students more fully. It claims that TPACK will allow a teacher to integrate technology into the classroom with "content-based learning activities."
• The article says, "a logical approach to helping teachers to better integrate technologies in their teaching is to directly link students’ content-related learning needs." This supports the main idea because it proves that the technology activities are based on the topics the students are already learning. Thus, this TPACK process will aid to the learning success of the students.
  
• This article is important for me as a teacher because it clearly explains the importance of technology in the classroom. It provides evidence and just reasoning behind why TPACK should be integrated into my teaching.