The US Dept. of Education released today the new National Educational Technology plan. You can download the full plan and the summary below.

Goals:

1.0 Learning
All learners will have engaging and empowering learning experiences both in and outside of school that prepare them to be active, creative, knowledgeable, and ethical participants in our globally networked society.

To meet this goal, we recommend the following actions:
1.1 Revise, create, and adopt standards and learning objectives for all content areas that reflect 21st century expertise and the power of technology to improve learning.
1.2 Develop and adopt learning resources that use technology to embody design principles from the learning sciences.
1.3 Develop and adopt learning resources that exploit the flexibility and power of technology to reach all learners anytime and anywhere.
1.4 Use advances in the learning sciences and technology to enhance STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learning and develop, adopt, and evaluate new methodologies with the potential to enable all learners to excel in STEM.

2.0 Assessment
Our education system at all levels will leverage the power of technology to measure what matters and use assessment data for continuous improvement.

1. The Oregon 2006-2010 Technology Plan
   This is a good document in terms of general ideas and specific, grade-level directions.
2. Oregon classroom environment technology checklist  - Based on the Oregon curriculum goals for grade 5, this is what a classroom would need to meet the Oregon goals for using technology.
3. NETS Standards for:
   Students - NETS-S (2007),
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Oregon has a good technology plan for 2006-2010. Use the link below to print out and read this document.
( http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/edtech/edtechplan.doc )
ODE page with more resources >> http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=141

• What are we getting for our money?
• Does technology improve leaning?
• Does technology help us be more productive as managers of schools?
• How can we plan for the future?

What are you getting for your money? (We'll cover the next three questions in future articles.)