1. Is Teaching An Art, Science, or Craft

2. Art
Be very creative
Relational between students – feeling and empathetic
Teaching is expressive – impulsive
Teaching is intuitive
Teaching is a very social activity
Motivation
Sublime and unexplainable
Not routine or formulaic

3. Scientific Put theory into practice
We have research on what works and what does not work, so we can apply that to teaching
Science is creative and is social construction
Some teaching is procedural that we can use
You can measure learning, where they begin and what they learn
You can evaluate or assess
Reliability of methods
Empirical nature of public accountability and civic responsibility

4. Craft
There is a historical aspect to teaching – it can be modeled – what is good teaching
A certain aspect of technique
The process and skills can be learned like basket weaving
Balance between art and science – having the knowledge but also the relational aspect that helps us to know how to meet the needs of students
We work within a certain framework, but we have freedom within the framework for how we teach
We have tools, like a craft that can be shared
Motivation – you have to know each student individually to know where they need to go in their learning

5. What role does technology play?
Offers different modalities for teaching and learning – audio, visual
Offers choice
Distance learning
Integrates us to the rest of the world – and this is a way of life in our larger world and this is one medium
Allows us to tap into many more resources than we have in a traditional classroom
Access to people in rural areas – connect us across a hundred miles or so
Technology is a tool - the art that we know can be translated across media
Motivation
Challenge – it’s not easy.
PCK – PTCK – Attend to the learning hierarchy of the content, but also the learning trajectory of the technology – not always aligned.
Sustainability
Requires us to become literate in new ways – 21st Century literacy