TPACK Mash-Up

After watching the video produced by Leigh, Punya and Mike it helped put in perspective how teachers can integrate learning and technology in the classroom using TPACK. In the video it defines what TPACK is and shows an alternative way of teaching concepts using the computer instead of students sitting in a classroom listening to a teacher or professor lecture. The video shows how students can start to access lessons and lectures on their computers and watch the lectures on their couch at home instead of actually going to class. I think this idea has both a positive and negative side when it comes to students listening to lectures on their computers at home instead of actually going to class and listening to a professor discuss a topic. The positive side of this is it would help save money for the school or University and if students are not able to make it to class they have a way to access the information that they need on their own computer. Some negative aspects of this is students who cannot afford computers and cannot buy one could have a disadvantage. Students also would not get the true school experience interacting face to face with classmates as well as teachers and professors. I thought the video was very encouraging and an eye opener to what education can look like in the 21st century.