Show 25: TPACK and the Learning Activity Types (LAT)

EQ: What is TPACK? What are the Learning Activity Types (LAT)? How can they support teaching and learning in your school?


Tips of the Week:

  • TPACK site
  • A listing of articles about learning activity types that Mark and Judi Harris wrote for Learning and Leading with Technology. Go to the navigation area on the left to choose articles by subject area.


Mark: Spundge is a really interesting site to build collections around different topics. At first it looks like Pinterest or Learni.st or any number of “pinning” sites. What’s different about Spundge though is that the site automatically pulls in content related to the topic from Twitter, YouTube and other social services. The content is a little hit or miss in terms of relevancy for the topic, but it pulls in some resources that you might not otherwise stumble upon.

David: I have two resources from the world of independent schools in the US. The first is a publication by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) about efforts to integrate blended learning into independent schools.

The second resource is an excellent blog called the Learning Pond authored by Grant Lichtman who is the CFO of a west coast independent school. Grant is currently on sabbatical traveling the US looking for innovative practices in independent schools. Grant’s very thoughtful and insightful writing gets at the change process highlighting specific schools while offering his take on the process.  

Next Show: Peter Pappas. Educator, blogger and consultant. Checkout his blog at: http://www.peterpappas.com/