I was trying to think what my overall impression is about the 5 articles I read concerning the TPCK model. First impression in one word - Overwhelming, but the longer I thought about it and trying to fuse all the information together, I realized it's just and awful lot of words to describe a rather uncomplicated concept: Educate with technology compared to technology becoming the educator. An even better description might be - Effective technological integration.
After reading Mishra & Koehler's article, I understood the TPCK framework and the triad model of the concepts, but only after reading some of the other articles did it really start to make sense. The studies done throughout the articles really helped to see the implications of the TPCK model in practice. Simply introducing technology into the teaching process is not enough. More emphasis needs to be placed on the knowledge needed when integrating technology into what is already known about teaching and combining it into an effective and meaningful lesson. Baring in mind that technology is ever-changing at a much faster rate than subject matter taught in the classroom.
