The Obama administration recently released its first National Education Technology Plan, with the goal of raising national college completion rates from 40 to 60% in the next ten years.
In a recent Education Week article, the Director of the U.S. Office of Educational Technology, Karen Cator, spoke about the Plan. She stressed that it is important to not only set the bar higher but also to get more kids to exceed the bar. The Plan stresses 1:1 computing and the role that technology plays in customizing the learning for individual student needs. Mobile learning devices will also play an important role, so that learning can take place outside as well as inside the classroom.
According to Cator, one of the keys is to make this personalized learning more interactive, echoing a theme BoardBuzz is hearing a lot about these days student engagement.
Cator will be leading a session entitled “A Discussion of the National Education Technology Plan” at the upcoming NSBA Annual Conference, April 10-12, where she will outline the details of the plan and answer questions in an interactive format.
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