The National Educational Technology Plan establish two general goals set by President Obama, these are the increment on the percentage of college graduates and equal education for everyone. This aggressive program tries to leverage the educational deficit that our country has been showing against similar economies. The use of technology is a common factor for the specific goals of the plan. Learning and Assessment require the use of reliable content for the students and teachers which based on their performance should be modified and update. Teaching has a unique challenge, evolving from an obsolete model (individual teaching) into a community of educators, all of them connected through the use of a robust network. This bring us to next specific goal, the appropriate Infrastructure accessible anywhere, anytime. One additional goal defined in this program is Productivity, teachers, students and leaders need to be responsible of the efficient use of resources and be able to modify or update the information needed for the individual to succeed.
Staff development of the educators is a key element. Having a large array of network educators, teachers learn effective methods and experiences from colleagues. Online learning systems are available to further develop technology skills. Educators role change to facilitators or collaborators in this new learning model.
There are great challenges for this program. Real time access systems to provide reliable feedback and suggest modules for improvement. A reliable set of tools and assessment across curriculum content. Everything based on a cost efficient model. Are ready to meet the challenge?
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