Week 2 Assessments, Blog Post #3- National Educational Technology Plan

The National Educational Technology Plan 2010 named five essential components of learning powered by technology. The First component is Learning: Engaging and Empowering. This means those in charge of education should create relevant, engaging, personal experiences for our students, that mimic their daily lives and allows for them to realize their futures. The second component is Assessment: Measure what Matters. Summed up, this means technology assessments can and should be used to help diagnose and accommodate students while also helping educators for grading and accountability. The third component is Teaching: Preparing and Connecting. This component means that educators connecting with other educators from around our nation and world, allows each to learn and teach more efficiently for all students thus allowing for more optimal student growth. The fourth component is Infrastructure: Access and Enable. Infrastructure integrates digital tools while connecting educators to resources they need at school to allow for student technological success. The fifth component is Productivity: Redesign and Transform. Data must be created and relevant for educators and leaders. These educators need the proper support, tools, and training and must be able to manage, process, and analyze data, and implement action accordingly.

I believe all of this is an acceptable goal that should be met, but as with anything, funding is an issue. It seems our schools are getting some funding, but it is not enough to allow for the proper professional, continued development that is needed for all educators. Government programs seem to spend more funding on collecting data than spending it on what they know needs the funding. If they know educators need professional development, they shouldn’t waste funding on surveys, etc., that are unnecessary.

National Education Technical Working Group. (2010, November). Transforming american education, learning: Powered by technology." Retrieved from http://www.ed.gov/technology/netp-2010.