Cookin' with TPACK

Hello again and lets cook with TPACK as I use real life experiences to explain what TPACK is and how it could be thought about. This is a video of my niece, Ahmani as she chooses utensils from the kitchen to complete a task that she has no idea about, thankfully she loves her Aunt Ronda, and is up for the challenge.She looks in her grandmother’s cabinet and pulls down a nice medium sized cereal bowl and a plate, and goes into the draw and pulls out her favorite butter knife.  She is equipped with her utensils, and next I ask her to reach into the hat and she pulls out number 4, to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.From looking at the utensils she has especially the knife, she is capable of completing this task. However, I asked her if there were other utensils she wished she had and she said a spoon, so she would not have to double dip the knife in the peanut butter and the jelly.  The bowl and the plate was not useful to her in this experience but just like in the classroom you may not use ALL of you tools but it is always good to have them in a tool belt ready to be used.Sometimes in the classroom, you may not have a SmartBoard to use or even access to a video camera, but all you may have is access to is your favorite tool, a butter knife, from your grandma’s kitchen. But if you are open minded to any task, even one as simple as making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, that one tool may be all you need to complete the task of TPACK in the classroom. #SINGON

 We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.” ― Marshall McLuhan