EDUC 5243-Blog 1

     The technology framework that would best serve the district I am in is the Triple E Framework by Dr. Liz Kolb. This is a way to evaluate how effective technology is by looking at 3 points: engagement, enhancement and extension. Using these components technology is evaluated by how much it helps to achieve the learning goals and objectives. Instead of looking at technology as fluff and more as how it can be most effective for the students. The engagement aspect of the framework helps to look at how well the technology is helping with achieving these learning goals and how little the technology is distracting the students. The enhancement part looks at if the technology adds value to the lesson more than a traditional method could. Extension is considering how the students can be connected to real world life outside of the classroom.  

(https://www.tripleeframework.com/framework-models.htm, 2020)

    In my district, using technology is thought of as a way to enhance the lessons students are receiving and not so much used to fill time. Using the Triple E Framework, teachers can evaluate if they are using the correct and most effective form of technology for the lesson at hand. While there are little written aspects of how to best use technology in my district, our policy does state that the district's goal is to provide an enhanced academic learning environment through the use of technology. This plan used in my district was last updated in 2015 so it is a bit outdated in line with the pedagogy of technology. For this reason, The Triple E Framework provides a great promise for moving forward with the use of technology. By using this framework teachers can begin to look at technology in a much more effective way. This framework is also very much aligned with the ISTE standards for educators and students.  The ISTE standards of empowered learner, innovative designer and global collaborator can all be enhanced through the Triple E Framework. The empowered learner is one who works and remains focused despite the technology at hand, whereas the innovative designer allows the students the opportunity to enhance their learning. The global collaborator works to make those real world connections to learning as well. Using this framework would allow my district the opportunity to be more deliberate with the technology integration today. By using this method teachers and students could benefit from using technology in a more up to date manner. With an outdated plan like we have, stepping forward and using some sort of framework will help to integrate technology in this effective and efficient manner.   Resources: 

Kolb, L. (n.d.). Framework Models. In Triple E Framework. Retrieved August 26, 2025, from

https://www.tripleeframework.com/framework-models.html