Alex Facciponte's EDU Technology Blog

 Alex Facciponte's Week 5 Blog Post EDU 5373 Although internet access is not directly included in my plan, it still could provide various positive impacts on my community. About 92.3% of my students within the district have broadband internet access at home (NCES. 2022). While that is a high concentration of students that do have access, it still means a few hundred students are left out of internet access. Providing broadband internet to everyone can create a higher quality education (Department of Commerce, n.d.). It can allow for our students to be more competitive in terms of global impacts as well (Department of Commerce, n.d.). It can also create substantial economical impacts (Department of Commerce, n.d.). Providing broadband internet can help create more high quality paying jobs (Department of Commerce, n.d.). It can also provide various opportunities for people to sharpen their craft through skills development opportunities (Department of Commerce, n.d.). Both the ISTE an...

Alex Facciponte's Week 4 Blog Post EDU 5373      Professional development is proven to be a viable option in not only helping teachers but students too (Crompton, 2023). Students who have had teachers endure professional development have performed better in school than students who did not (Crompton, 2023). There are many things I would like to consider when looking at structuring my own plan. I want to make sure that my professional development is in a constructivist style of learning technology (Kopcha et. al, 2020). While receiving the direct information is important, it is more crucial to have learning experiences with the technology instead (Kopcha et. al, 2020). This makes the daunting task of implementing and utilizing more technology easier and can help to instill confidence in teachers to incorporate it into their classrooms (Kopcha et. al, 2020). I would also like to make sure that teacher feedback is highly considered for professional development (Shannon &...

Alex Facciponte's Blog Post Week 3 EDU 5373      There are many practices that support learning gains from educational research. One practice that is effective is leveraging the technology into valuable experiences for students (Crompton, 2023). Sometimes teachers believe they are utilizing technology effectively by just putting their worksheet online, however, this defeats the purpose of incorporating technology to begin with (Crompton, 2023). Instead, students should be utilizing the technology to gain new experiences they would have never had in the first place such as going on virtual tours (Crompton, 2023). When I was teaching my students about the Diary of Anne Frank, I had my students go on a virtual tour of the secret annex the Frank family went into hiding with. It really interested my students and engaged them to ask questions to get them interested in the story they were about to read. Another practice that is effective through the ISTE Standards is empowering...