Transforming American Education highlights that education is the key to America’s economic growth and prosperity. It is top priority to a getting a good job and higher income for Americans. The Obama administration put education as an urgent priority by stating 2 clear goals to be achieved by 2020. They are: raise the proportion of college graduates from where is stands now (39%0 so that 60% of our population holds a 2 year or 4 years degree, and close the achievement gap so that all students- regardless of race, income, or neighborhood- graduate from high school ready to succeed in college and careers. These are high stakes goals especially with the budgets being cut the across the board.
To achieve these goals the National Educational Technology Plan urges our education system to be clear about the outcomes we seek, collaborate to redesign structures and processes, continually monitor and measure performance, and hold ourselves accountable for progress. Technology is the core of everyting we do. We should use this technology to provide engaging and powerful learning experiences in more meaningful ways. Technology based learning can be used to improve student learning and generating data to monitor student performance.
I like how the article points out that learning is no longer one size fits all. While we all have the common core discipline specific learning experiences, we still all process these differently. We can use technology to differentiate to meet the needs of all learners. It is also a great way to get all stakeholders involved in the education system. It helps create a more individualized learning environment to learn at your own pace.
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