TPACK+-+Geometry+and+Architecture

 TPACK. Technological, Pedagological, and Content Knowledge (TPACK) is a model for technology integration. This lesson certainly integrates Web 2.0 Tools such as Google Presentations, You Tube, Google SketchUp, and Google Earth. The tools helped the students construct their knowledge and improve their schema of 3d geometrical figures and their use in everyday life. The processing of obtaining that knowledge, the experience of using Google Earth as an example, is used to modify, add to, or change their previously existing schemas.

The technology was not the main focus of the lesson, but it was an integral part of its success. Could the lesson have been taught without these tools? Yes, photographs could have been substituted for Google Earth and unit blocks or Lego Architecture for Google SketchUp, but using these Web 2.0 tools made the lesson relevant and engaging to our digital native students. 