TechVention: Technology + Intervention

                                                                 Image created with Gemini AI              Internet access is not an issue at Epic Charter Schools because we provide mifis for all our students if they do not already have access. Due to this, it is not part of my Technology Integration Plan. However, if broadband access were made available in more rural areas, and more affordable in all locations, this would still help our community because once our students leave Epic, they will not have access to the mifi any longer.The Biden-Harris Administration's Internet for All initiative has set out to deliver high-speed internet that both affordable and reliable to all American citizens. Internetforall.gov states that the digital divide affects comm...

                                                                     Image created by Gemini AI                Last week in EDUC 5373, we worked on creating a Technology Vision for our school districts. I worked with our deputy superintendent of technology and one of our managing directors of instruction to create a vision that matches our school's aspirations. This is the technology vision we devised with actionable goals: Epic Charter Schools is committed to providing an engaging and innovative digital learning environment that empowers all students to become future-ready and in-demand graduates. Integrating the ISTE Student Standards into EpicEd, we ensure students actively use technology to transform their learning experiences, solv...

                                                                Image created by Gemini AI                This week in EDUC 5373, our class reviewed research articles that were intended to guide us toward creating a shared vision for technology access and use in our districts. The research discussed the role of technology in education and how we can effectively integrate it to enhance student learning. Today, I’d like to share thoughts I had from the provided research that can help us build a strong Technology Vision, specifically when considering the challenges of digital inequity. In one of the provided research articles, Crompton (2023) introduces the ISTE Educator Standards as a helpful guide for teachers to use technology effectively. The study s...

        Image created by Gemini AI       In this week's blog, we are looking at how we can integrate technology into our school. Additionally, we spent some time looking at models of digital leadership that could be used to help with the integration.  The digital leadership model that would work well at Epic is the Teacher Digital Competency (TDC) Framework, discussed by Falloon. In his work, Falloon states that the frameworks, models, and literacies that the teacher digital competency framework is built upon, generally focus on: Advancing students’ skills in using ‘educational’ applications Using digitally-sourced information Understanding effective blends of pedagogical, content, and technological knowledge is seen as supporting the integration of digital resources into teaching to enhance subject-learning outcomes. (Falloon, 2020) The following are questions to focus the blog discussion: Who are the stakeholders that you would reach out to firs...