Week 1 Assignment, Part 3

The Long-Range Plan states that students can expect higher performance and deeper engagement. Parents can expect to participate more directly in their children’s education & improve their own knowledge. There will be a better collaboration between school, home, and community, with the goal being to empower young citizens to live and learn in a continuously changing environment and to enable this citizenry to effectively interact in a global marketplace. It also states that students require skills that allow them to communicate in a technology-enriched society & need technical as well as traditional reading and writing skills, and analytical skills for accessing and applying information & that the diverse situations that the students come from require that we do not teach a one-sized-fits-all teaching style. Administrators must envision, fund, and assess the use of technology in schools & utilize a robust technology plan that provides effective and efficient technology implementation for students, faculty, administrative and community use & teaching and learning are both impacted through the use of educational technology & classroom experiences are dependent on an educator taking the initiative to increase personal learning. It concludes that The Educational Technology Advisory Committee has identified the immediate issues that need to be addressed such as a dependable funding model, leadership and support in the area of educational technology to districts, continuation of telecommunications discounts & established software interoperability standards.