TPACK

Interesting article about Teaching, Pedagogy and Content Knowledge...Many of the ideas that the author's shared are really great...In some cases there are ideas I'd never thought of.
Initially as I read about the different types of activities, I began to wonder about the possibility of technology overload. How much tech integration is too much? When I read the example unit section of the article, it became very clear that the authors are are looking for students to be highly motivated to learn, and for that learning to be student driven.
One of my major concerns about technology in education is addressed when the authors mention the term "technocentric". I worry that if I were to implement a movie maker type project in a social studies class, that I'd spend too much time teaching the technology, rather than the curriculum. As I have thought more about this, and how I would implement such a project, I've come to a conclusion. There needs to be more time given to tech. education. Maybe 30-45 minutes a week during the first 6 weeks of school, during which time, a teacher could familiarize his or her students with the software required for their various projects throughout the year.
After the first six weeks of technical familiarization are complete, the students could be turned loose to work on their projects. Just my thoughts on things...