My opinion of the TPACK Quest Badges are mixed. I enjoyed some the badges more than others. The Gamification Badge was perhaps the most novel and interesting. I enjoyed how it provided a more practical application to teaching methods that were new to me. However, I found some of the badge projects to be a little bit dry or unnecessary. I think to improve some of the assignment could be a little more practical by being geared towards a larger assignment. For me this was the case in terms of my genius hour project and my use of blogger. By incorporating technology into the genius hour project, I was able to appreciate the technical side while still doing something that I found to be useful and applicable. Overall I say the badges were a fun change from a regular class room style instruction by rote. A few minor modifications where we could use of the applications for a general project of our choosing, or even choose which applications we want to use, would go a long way to improving the TPACK experience.
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