The goal of this project was to introduce citations so students would gain the skills and understanding to make reasonable citations for their grade level. When putting the three components of TPACK together, they have different effects on one another. I did not want my Content to change when looking at the technology tools and analyzing my pedagogical approach. My Technology and Pedagogy were the pieces that needed to be reworked and adapted.
The reason I was looking at tools to help the students create citations was to minimize the barriers students face when trying to remember and recall the information that I modelled to them, like time and disinterest. However, I still wanted them to experience looking at resources to identify and record bibliographic information. The EasyBib App was almost too useful. It removed student understanding from the topic, and that was something that I wanted to keep in the Content portion of this solution. By using the OSLIS Citation Generator, the students still have to identify and input the bibliographic information.
I was a little worried that my Content, creating citations, would be an activity that wouldn’t normally align with my constructivist and sociocultural way of teaching. I had to step away from the labels and ask myself, “What are the students going to be able to do, and how am I going to be a resource for them?”
“Well, I want the students to be able to make reasonable citations for their grade level, and I need to explicitly model this skill to them,” I thought. It’s not until later on in the gradual release process that the students will be able to apply this skill when they create their own research papers or projects. The technology tool that I chose, the OSLIS Citation Generator, allows students to complete the task of creating a citation independent from me, the teacher.
The reason I was looking at tools to help the students create citations was to minimize the barriers students face when trying to remember and recall the information that I modelled to them, like time and disinterest. However, I still wanted them to experience looking at resources to identify and record bibliographic information. The EasyBib App was almost too useful. It removed student understanding from the topic, and that was something that I wanted to keep in the Content portion of this solution. By using the OSLIS Citation Generator, the students still have to identify and input the bibliographic information.
I was a little worried that my Content, creating citations, would be an activity that wouldn’t normally align with my constructivist and sociocultural way of teaching. I had to step away from the labels and ask myself, “What are the students going to be able to do, and how am I going to be a resource for them?”
“Well, I want the students to be able to make reasonable citations for their grade level, and I need to explicitly model this skill to them,” I thought. It’s not until later on in the gradual release process that the students will be able to apply this skill when they create their own research papers or projects. The technology tool that I chose, the OSLIS Citation Generator, allows students to complete the task of creating a citation independent from me, the teacher.