Entry #7 - "Hey, remember when I fixed your pencil sharpener?"

A great way to make a good first impression on your first day at your LIS 524 observation is to fix a pencil sharpener.  You look like superman and all you do is blow some pencil shavings out of the sensor.

It makes sense to use technology to enhance learning.  What doesn't make sense is using technology just for the sake of using technology.  Knowing what technology to use and when to use it is very important to sucessful tecnology integration.  Using a TPACK framework helps plug the right technology into the correct activity use.  Instead of planing your activities around what technology you want to use, you need to plan your technology around what activity you want to use to teach your content.  A helpful resource is http://activitytypes.wmwikis.net/.  Here you can find all kinds if ideas about what technology will support what activity.By following a TPACK framework, you will be successful integrating technology in your school.

TPACK Diagram