Alex Facciponte's EDU Technology Blog

Alex Facciponte's Blog Post Week 2 EDU 5243 1. Work within the feedback groups provided for the course, to partner with a peer. Working with that peer identify an area of weakness with regard to technology use aligned with the research-based technology integration framework you have identified (week1) AND the ISTE Standards for Educators and Students. (A) In collaboration with your peer, develop the peer’s SMART Goal to address the area of need. Suggestion: Focus on a goal that could be addressed in no more than 1 or 2 semesters. (B) Outline 3-5 action steps to support your peer in the attainment of the SMART goal. A) Christina’s SMART Goal: By the start of semester 1, 100% of Westwood Regional High School (WRSD) faculty will attend at least two professional development workshops focused on the pedagogical integration of Google Apps for Education. The goal is to track attendance for 100% faculty participation across a minimum of two workshops, which provides a clear and quantifiabl...

 Alex Facciponte's Blog Post Week 1 EDU 5243 A technology integration framework that could be used by my district is the Triple E Framework. The Triple E Framework provides various benefits regarding technology use in a school. It allows technology to be looked at under a holistic view by understanding the different impacts technology can have (Kolb, 2020). First, the framework mentions the idea of engagement (Kolb, 2020). Engagement is necessary to make sure that students are actually interested in starting the learning process (Kolb, 2020). Another aspect of the framework is enhancement (Kolb, 2020). Enhancement involves going beyond just a basic understanding of the material (Kolb, 2020). Instead, the goal is to make sure that the technology is actually useful in creating deeper understandings (Kolb, 2020). In this section of the framework, it is also important to make sure that the technology being utilized is not something that could be done with traditional pen and paper (Kol...