Activity types for TPACK Development

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Activity types for TPACK Development

Convergent knowledge expression activity types

Answer questions

Complete charts

Students are given a text about the population of some European countries and students have to answer a series of questions. After that, considering the data provided by the text, students are asked to complete a spreadsheet in which they have to rank the countries according to their population.

Create a map

Knowledge building activity types

Field/Virtual trip

Debate

Students watch the play "Frankenstein" published by the National Theatre on Youtube. Then, students debate what the main themes and symbols of the story are.

Read text

Participatory divergent knowledge expression activity types

Engage in historical role play

Do a performance

Students have read some texts about the War of the Roses. For the final project, students are asked to choose whether to do a presentation explaining the main aspects of the war using Genially or to develop a recorded performance that shows what the conflict was between the two parties involved in the fight using Moviemaker to edit it.

Do a presentation

Product-oriented divergent knowledge expression activity types

Design an exhibit

Create a newspaper

Students keep a record of good and bad news at school during two weeks. Then, they get in groups and organize the information creating a news magazine using "MadMagZ" or "Flipsnack". They will share their magazines with the rest of the school.

Create a film

Conceptual divergent knowledge expression activity types

Develop a metaphor

Develop a knowledge web

Students watch a video about the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. They write down any relevant piece of information. Then, they create a Padlet wall where they organize the information into the social, political and economical aspects of that presidency.

Generate questions

Visual divergent knowledge expression activity types

Draw a cartoon

Create a picture

As students have read the book "Lord of the Flies", they create a collage including different pictures that make reference to key parts of the story. They can use Canvas or Paint.

Create an illustrated map

Written divergent knowledge expression activity types

Create a diary

Write an essay

Students read an article about different ways of recycling. Then, they are asked to think about different ways in which they can contribute to lower the levels of pollution in their city. They develop their essays on a Word document, adding pictures for each idea present in their texts.

Craft a poem