Module+2

=TPCK=

**Description:**
The TPCK framework demonstrates how the concepts of technology, pedagogy, and content all relate and interact with each other and emphasizes the need for educators to recognize their interdependence. Thinking about the these domains while completing the pre-competencies verification, I feel most assured in my knowledge of content. However, I have come to realize how selectively I currently utilize available technological tools in my teaching.

**Impact:**
I have often used my teaching situation as an excuse to avoid technology use. I have come to see that I am shamefully perpetuating the digital-divides mentioned in the text. I have learned that in order to become an agent of change for the better, I need to accept and confront my fears about potential disasters, assess my own strengths, and use them in new ways.

**Intent:**
I am not entirely certain how much web access and content I am able to grant to my students; or have them create, as they are not permitted to have unmonitored communication outside the building due to incarceration. This is a barrier I am now determined to learn more about the particulars of so that I am clear about what I can and cannot do.

**Statement of Strengths and Weaknesses:**
I can now fully admit that I have become rather technocentric in my practice. I use technology, and provide many demonstrations on how technology can be used. However, I am not necessarily allowing my students to utilize the available technological tools in a meaningful way. I have managed to do so with several students who have reached a point in academic achievement where I can see technical tools being useful to deepen understanding. For example, I have had students use [|octave] to solve systems of linear equations. I have also had students perform constructions using geometer's sketchpad and manipulate figures and make conjectures, but these types of activities have been limited to students who would typically be considered high-achieving. Perhaps I am just less familiar with the resources and methods available for investigations in earlier maths. Reading about TCPK and the digital divides has made me realize that I need learn more about using investigation, technology, and communication for my younger and less achieved students.