Analyst of the TPACK practice

In this first week I had the role of analyst, so I was in charge of evaluate the work of the group. For this, I'm going to answer some questions:

What was the best part of the activity?

The moment of expose our work to the rest of the classmates, I think it has been the most grateful part because it was the moment in which our star, like a represent of all the group, showed very well the work we made during all the week.

What was the worse?

The worst part of the activity has been how to carry out the activity. For us, it has been a very complicated matter, because we didn't found the adecuated way to express all the information in the poster, what materials use or what would be the correct style...


What was the best moment of the week (in the work of the group)?

I think it was the time we spent in class all together, trying to coordinate and organize us, working as a group.


What was the worse?

Undoubtelly, organizing the work has been the most difficult task. Firstly, because it is a new way of work to which we are not used. Secondly, because this has been an activity which needs so much time to make it properly, and due to time, it was difficult for us to carry out like a whole group.


What have you learnt?

This first week of the subject not only has achieved the expected goals, I think it has helped us to discover new things and new ways of learning.
Besides having explored the concept of TPACK and making a conceptual map, we have created our groupal blog and our twitter account, and we have also learnt (or at least tried), to organize a groupal work, dividing it in smaller individual tasks, as well as distributing the time.


What do you need to conserve -as a group- for the next weeks?

Maybe the reason is because it is about something innovative and dynamic, but the truth is that all the components of my group are deeply involved into the subject, motivated and eager to improve and make new things. This is something essential for the functioning of the group.


What do you need to improve -as a group- for the next weeks?

A lot of things. Working in group is not an easy task, because it entails effort and a good understanding among all the components of the group. That is the reason why I consider that all of us need to convert all our individual goals into a common objective, improving our communication and even being critical with ourselves, because it is the only way to improve day after day.


How THIS content is related to other contents in the course and in your degree?

First, the concept of TPACK, a different methodological approach, which we'll work with in a future as teachers. Second, how to create a proper mind map, that it is going to be useful in the rest of the degree, and even as teachers.

Here you can find a high-resolution image of the TPACK we used in our classroom exposition. Feel free to use it in any way you wanted to: