Educational Technology Council of the Alberta Teachers' Association

ETCATA's Educator of the Year - David Teasdale

David Teasdale

The Educational Technology Counci's Secretary, Marion Watson, presented Clearview School Division's David Teasdale with the Edna Dach Educator of the Year Award at the 2012 General Meeting at the University of Alberta. Besides being a bit of a golf fanatic, David has been a forward thinking educator in the use of technology both inside and outside of the classroom since graduating from the University of Alberta in 1992. He's also been very active in sharing his expertise as a member of his Association Local. Congratuations David!

ETCATA's Post Secondary Rep, Amy Meckelborg, Says Goodbye.

The Educational Technology Council would like to thank the University of Alberta's Amy Meckelborg for her many years of dedication and service to the teachers of Alberta. Amy has been an integrel part of the Educational Technology Council and will be missed. ETCATA's Unplugged @ the U of A is only one of the many example's of the succcessful events Amy has spearheaded for the Council and teachers of Alberta.Thank you for all your hard work!

2012
MyWorld
Teachers In Africa
TPACK

Banff, AB

Conference 2012

The goal of the Destination Innovation 2012 Conference is to advance educational innovation in classrooms by exploring imaginative new practices and transformative learning.

August 15-22, 2012, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta

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Media Awareness Network's MyWorld

MyWorld helps secondary students develop the decision-making and critical thinking skills necessary to actively and positively engage with digital media. Much like the complementary elementary resource, Passport to the Internet, MyWorld uses simulations of online environments, such as search engines, instant messaging, social networking sites and file-sharing services, to teach students digital literacy skills. To reflect the complexity of their online activities, students playing MyWorld assume a variety of roles - student, friend, peer and mentor - as they use the simulated online tools within the tutorial to address bullying and ethical behaviour, do homework, and manage relationships and their privacy.

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PanAfrica Teachers' Centre

ETC Heading Back to Africa

For the last nine years the Educational Technology Council has been actively involved in helping promote education in Africa. At the end of March, 2012 ETC member Donna Griffin will be heading to Lomé, Togo to work with teachers from several different French countries. She will be focusing on capacity building and improving the use of technology within the various teaching organizaitons.

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What is TPACK?

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) attempts to identify the nature of knowledge required by teachers for technology integration in their teaching, while addressing the complex, multifaceted and situated nature of teacher knowledge. At the heart of the TPACK framework, is the complex interplay of three primary forms of knowledge: Content (CK), Pedagogy (PK), and Technology (TK). See Figure above. As must be clear, the TPACK framework builds on Shulman’s idea of Pedagogical Content Knowledge.

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