National Educational Technology Plan

The National Education Technology Plan 2010 was created by The Obama administration.  It has two goals.  The first goal addresses the need for higher education.  The second goal is to see that all the students graduate that from high school are prepared to succeed in college or their career.  The NETP model of 21st century learning has set goals and recommendations for this to happen.  The five areas are Learning, Assessment, Teaching, Infrastructure, and Productivity.  Immediate changes must begin so these goals can be met by the year 2020.  The teacher must meet the needs of the 21st century learner.  They must be flexible and individualize instruction for each student.  Professional development must be a continuing process.  Teachers need support while learning to become good facilitators.  The Grand Challenge plan is to establish an integrated system that will provide current access to learning and provide low cost assessments.  Online and offline learning must be efficient.  I believe there is always room for improvement in the educational system.  But it is hard to see what changes may come by the year 2020.  We are in tough times now, and that maybe a continuing trend but things could change along with our educational system.   The real plan is for others to tweak and follow is probably the best we can do right now, including acting positive in these times.