Chapter 2 TPACK

Chapter 2
Bridging digital and cultural divides: TPCK for equity of access to technology
Reflection for Chapter 2

There are many positive changes, advances, and achievements that have occurred from technology. Overall, technology is very complex especially when using it to teach children, many factors and elements contribute to the complexity of teaching and learning with technology.
From this chapter, I learned the specifics about the digital divide and how I can incorporate many effective strategies and how to present and use technology with children in my classroom. I do teach many children from low-economic status and from the research I learned about how to best teach them using technology, what to avoid and about information and communication (ICT) literacy.
Reading about the three digital divides, I am a little overwhelmed of the teacher’s responsibility to help bridge the divide for all children to have equal access to various forms of technology.
I agree with Damarian about the pedagogical practices given in this chapter because they encompass individual constructivism as well as social constructivism. They allow the all the children access to achieve higher level learning with the use of technology and challenge them to think at a higher level.
I feel the best information from this chapter was the effective strategies that should be used in the classroom when integrating technology in the classroom. I think the three strategies (attribute-treatment-interaction-pedagogy, good teaching, and equitable classrooms are very helpful and useful. More important information that I received from this chapter was the responsibility of the teacher to ensure that all children have equal and equitable access and how I can be an advocate for these children. I am more aware of the three digital divides and what I need to do in order to bridge the gaps in my classroom.
I hope that I can provide more meaningful and personal technology integration with my Kindergarten classroom. I am thinking about how to incorporate technology that facilities good teaching and an environment that children are equal and enjoy the learning activities, while being challenged to solve problems, and acquire higher level thinking skills. I hope this can be accomplished with more learning and teaching throughout this course. Is this possible???