The National Educational Technology Plan 2010 has a model that has goals and recommendations in 5 areas. The 5 areas are learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure, and productivity. The goal in the area of learning is “all learners will have engaging and empowering learning experiences both in and outside of school that prepare them to be active, creative, knowledgeable, and ethical participants in our globally networked society.” (National Educational Technology Plan, 2010, p. 11) The draft recommends many things to help reach this goal. They recommend revising standards to reflect today’s technology, develop resources, and use advances in technology to help science, technology, engineering, and mathematics or STEM (National Educational Technology Plan, 2010, p. 11). The goal in the area of teaching is “professional educators will be supported individually and in teams by technology that connects them to data, content, resources, expertise, and learning experiences that enable and inspire more effective teaching for all learners.” (National Educational Technology Plan, 2010, p. 12) They recommend to create and develop resources and curriculum that creates collaboration between educators, provide continuous professional development to help teachers stay up to date in technology, move professional development into more job-embedded, use technology to have access to more resources, and develop teachers in online instruction (National Educational Technology Plan, 2010, p. 12). Professional development and training are a very important part of teaching and learning. Teachers need to be able to teach technology up to date and what students are using in the real world. From reading this draft, I do not see any concerns or issues at this time.
References:
National Educational Technology Plan. (2010). Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology. Retrieved from http://www.ed.gov/sites/default/files/NETP-2010-final-report.pdf
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