TPACK Reflection

1) The use of technology is so helpful in supporting teaching strategies as it implements more ways to reach the needs of students rather than pencil and paper assignments. Using technology also a more fun way to teach the information while holding students' attention, for example, the game allows students to practice what they learned while using technology and thinking they are just having fun.
2) The use of technology enhances students' learning as the more interactive as the video would be fun to sing along to once the students catch the key line. The video presented would allow students to recall a tune in order to remember the information.
3) Using examples is probably the most beneficial way to teach this information because it allows students to see the patterns in words they choose as we did following the video when I asked the class to give me words using vowel pairs.
4) Students should have prior knowledge of what vowels are before learning this lesson. It is important that students know the words they are working with in order to understand the sounds they are creating.
5) The technology works to create a memory of the lesson by using the video but also practice the students' knowledge while playing the game. These use examples which is the most beneficial teaching strategy in this lesson.
6) When teaching this lesson, it would be important to have classroom management in order to keep students from getting too rowdy during the game but also to engage each student in the other aspects of the lesson.
7) The demonstrations in the video and the examples presented in the game enhances the content in order to reach the objectives presented.
8) The game would not be possible without the use of technology because it chooses random words that the students' might not have thought of without technology. Also, the video gives the jingle which would not be as beneficial without the use of the illustrations and sound presented through the video.