Revisiting Mishra's TPACK Framework and Clark's Sense Making Informational System together at first seemed a mystery, but upon further analysis of what each author proposed, one could see that the synthesis of these two approaches and their application to the 21st Century classroom found some interesting parallels.
Superficially and through the Baggio lens it was interesting to contrast the simple visuals of the Mishra presentations with the rather dense and confusing literature of Clark. The TPACK model is a complex framework, but seemed to be simplified through the images and limited text in the videos. Conversely, the understanding of the Clark model, once chunked into into smaller bits of information and with the help of two rudimentary images, showed that the concepts she put forth seemed rather simple. That said, there is an overlapping of similar ideas here as far as what each model urges the instructor to create for their 'actor' and for themselves; learning by design, addressing problems of practice, seeking solutions, finding the best system or tool to close the informational gap, re-purposing and customizing tools... When considering both the TPACK and Sense Making instructional models, both authors connect with the ideas of time, culture, communication and constructing meaningful content. Clark puts forth the idea of constructing understanding in order to bridge the informational gaps while Mishra acknowledges the gaps and urges teachers to be critical in the tools that they use in order to address the content, or rather, what tools to use to make the bridge. Essentially, both Mishra and Clark make central the need for the instructor to question their practice and apply thoughtful development to the art of 21st Century pedagogy. In turn, we want our students to also question deeply, collaborate in a meaningful way, and to use the appropriate tools that benefit what is being learned while increasing motivation. In this changing of tools time, students are rarely going to be asking a teacher for answers to who and what questions, but rather how and why, as their thinking and questioning becomes more critical. Share any thinking and design steps, progress, challenges, and/or success in creating your prototype. It was certainly helpful in looking at the other capstone models. There were aspects of each to include and put aside. My struggle, as always, is my ability to navigate the tech tools in order to create the product that I want. I want my finished product to make sense, be useful, easy to navigate, and to simply work. I would like the technology to add a polished feel to the product, but so far I feel that things seem clunky. My use of Bubble.us to create the mapping of my Capstone is a good example. It seems to not allow the URL link to open consistently when I try to share it. This may be because it is a free version, that being the case, will this be a problem throughout my Capstone experience? Should I just throw money at this project in order to lessen my frustration and create the product that I want? If it is going to be made public, perhaps it is worth an investment. Given my level of proficiency it can often seem like a lot of unavailable time is being wasted exploring applications where I am not becoming proficient. I was asked by Dr. Redmond to create a product to capture my experience as I move from luddite to innovator. I consider what this might look like, but I also think that what would serve Touro students best would be a spread sheet of sites and applications that inform the student of their varying uses, cost, rating...Students would then be given what they need at the beginning of the course and peruse at will. This organization would help me to know and recall what I used for what and when. I am certain that they would rather each student create this for themselves, but if we are really going to 'fire hose' rather that 'trickle,' as is the mode of information sharing, then let's just bring it. I know that I am already in over my head, but fortunately, I am a good swimmer.
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