The National Technology Education Plan draft states various goals and objectives for increased learning and improved instruction for all teachers and students in the United States. It provides a reasonably thorough overview of what is expected to happen and be seen done in school districts throughout the nation with regards to educational technology usage.
New and veteran teachers are expected to know and implement the educational technology goals and objectives in the classroom and wherever necessary. This would include not only access to educational tools for in-school use but also for home use. Educators should offer learning experiences that are online and can be readily accessed from a personal computer at home and/or other locations where Internet access is available. To ensure that this is properly done, teachers are to undergo professional development training during pre-service training, for new teachers, and ongoing job-embedded training experiences.
Students have host of information to learn throughout their schooling years. They are to learn knowledge and skills that will prepare them to be successful, responsible citizens who apply their learning in an ethical reasonable manner. The students are expected to be able know the basics of various computer basics before they enter high school, such basic keyboarding, hardware and software options, and the use of different peripherals.
Though the plan is well put together, there is a major concern. The plan mentions that it wants to ensure that teachers and students will have at least one electronic device that has Internet capabilities and the proper software options to complete certain tasks whether they are at home or at school. It would be good to know how this will happen when every home is not equipped with a computer and does not have proper Internet access that is affordable and available.
Source:
U.S. Department of Edcaution (2010, March 5). Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology [Draft]. Retrieved from http://www.ed.gov/sites/default/files/NETP-2010-final-report.pdf
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