TPACK or RAT

TPACK and RAT are both ways to integrate technology into education. When compared between TPACK and RAT, I like the TPACK method better as it is straightforward and simpler to understand. TPACK stands for Technological Pedagogical And Content Knowledge, while RAT stands for Replacement, Amplification, and Transformation.  The TPACK framework gives a venn diagram that explains exactly what the purpose is and how it used. TPACK method is to show that someone could be a technology expert but that does not mean that that person is great at teaching, while someone else could be an excellent teacher but  might not know how to integrate technology into his/her lesson, and another person might know what to teach his/her students but does not know how to teach or incorporate technology into his/her content. So the purpose of TPACK is to find the middle ground for the Content knowledge, the Pedagogical knowledge, and the Technological knowledge.