The plan begins reflecting about the importance of education for the future economic growth and prosperity of the United States of America and also affirms what are the goals for raising college graduated students proportion from 39% to 60% and reducing the gap of achievement for all students. The objective of the plan as its name establish is to transform United States Education system and for this purpose it is required to generate new ideas, implement them, evaluate the results and generate a continuous improvement cycle. One of the ideas this plan proposes is the implementation model of the 21 century learner powered by technology. This means to implement new technologies to ensure learned centered instruction adapted to create engaging, personalized experiences for all learners. The plan also gets in deep regarding the analysis and establishment of the required domains and competencies required to become expert learners in order to adapt to a fast changing world. In this scenario, the plan calls teaching to shift to a model of connected teaching where technology is used to help teachers built their new skills trough continuous training and professional development. As instance, providing educators with 24/7 access to data, analysis tools and resources are basic elements of this plan. Connecting teachers is also important to replace isolation with connection to resources that provide options for all learners at all levels. Also, the plan emphasizes the urgency of acting now and calls for the leadership, collaboration and investment at all levels of the education system. The future is here and there is a extremely changing and challenging world and action is required now.
US Department of education, Office of Education Technology. (2005). Transforming American Education: Powered by Technology. Retrieved from http:/www.ed.gov/sites/default/files/NETP-2010-final-report.pdf
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