I read two educational articles and watched a YouTube article on Khan academy. The first article was called Teachers' Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Learning Activity Types: Curriculum-based Technology Integration Reframed by Judith Harris, Punya Mishra, and Matthew Koehler about TPACK and how it is used in the classroom. In the article is it stated that TPACK is a "considerable interest that has surfaced in using the notion of technology pedagogical content knowledge as a framework to understand teachers' knowledge required for effective technology integration." TPACK is an effective system to keep teachers and their curriculum up to date and on the right mind set to be as effective as it can be.
The second article I read was called The Net generation as Preservice Teachers: Transferring Familiarity with New Technologies to Educational Environments by Swapna Kumar and Katya Vigil. this article is about how preservice teachers need to know and learn about the new technologies and get use to using them for when they enter the teaching environment. It includes surveys and studies of how many preservice teachers are familiar with certain technologies like Google Doc, wiki, online video sharing, and social bookmarking to name a few. I believe that it is important for students in teacher education programs to be familiar with as many technologies as possible so that they can incorporate it in their classrooms and have a variety of methods to teach their students.
The YouTube video I watched was about Khan Academy. It was about an algebra problem and the guy was using different colors to highlight important information and working out the problem step by step. This would be really helpful for all ages if they need clarification or step by step instruction to follow along if they didn't grasp the concept in class very well. I think Khan Academy is a great tool to use in the classroom and for students to use at home.
