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Chapter 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6284-1.ch011
Using Mobile Technologies
to Co-Construct TPACK
in Teacher Education
ABSTRACT
How student teachers might beneft from using their mobile technologies during teaching experiences
is a timely question for teacher educators. This chapter describes eforts to use the TPACK framework
(Mishra & Koehler, 2006) to investigate how students use iPad computers during their student teaching
and design appropriate supports. A design-based approach (Sandoval & Bell, 2004) was used over two
years with two cohorts of student teachers (N=60). Descriptions of the use of the TPACK framework in
this endeavor and fndings from surveys and feld notes about how and to what degree mobile technology
can facilitate activities and interactions in planning, teaching, refecting, and sharing are included. The
case is made for co-learning and co-constructing by student teachers and teacher educators of the various
TPACK domains of teacher knowledge in the context of mobile technology. Implications for developing
supportive learning environments for 21st century student teachers are also discussed.
INTRODUCTION
During the past two decades, digital tools have
transformed most knowledge-related professions
as well as many jobs that do not, at first glance,
seem data-dependent. Throughout higher educa-
tion, as predicted, students have adopted mobile
devices rapidly and are beginning to view these
tools, including laptops, smartphones, and tab-
let computers, as critical for effective learning
(Alexander, 2004; Chen & Denoyelles, 2013).
Since their students increasingly rely on personal
Cornelis de Groot
University of Rhode Island, USA
Jay Fogleman
University of Rhode Island, USA
Diane Kern
University of Rhode Island, USA