TPACK

Frameworks I

TPACK

The Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge framework, first introduced in Mishra & Koehler (2006), asks a deceptively simple question: what do teachers actually need to know to use technology well? The answer turns out to be complicated. It’s not just knowing the technology, or the content, or the pedagogy. It’s understanding how all three interact, in context, for specific learners. TPACK has been called “the most significant advancement in technology integration in the past 25 years” and has shaped research and practice in over 90 countries. Almost 15 years after the framework’s introduction, I proposed the addition of XK (contextual knowledge), recognizing that the contexts in which teachers work are not just background noise but a fundamental shaping force on what knowledge looks like in practice. It also has its own silly memes, which feels like a measure of cultural impact in its own right.