Education has become an urgent priority that is driven by raising the proportion of college graduates from 39% to 60% of our population and closing the gap from all students no matter what situation can graduate from high school and succeed in college or a career. The education plan recognizes that in order to do this, we must urge the educational system to be clear about the outcomes sought, work together to redesign areas for effectiveness, efficiency, and flexibility, to continually monitor and measure performance, and definitely hold ourselves accountable for progress and results throughout the whole process. It encourages us to use technology to help provide and engage students in productive, educational, and powerful learning experiences.
When speaking of learning, the plan wants us to focus on what and how we teach in order to match what they need to know. The power of technology does not want learning to be the same for everyone, but molded and personalized per the individual. By having the power of technology, we are able to go beyond the ordinary in terms of learning. We are able to dig deeper and find out more than just what a textbook says. This prepares students to become expert learners that are responsible for their own learning as well. In terms of teaching, technology is making teachers available 24/7. They are able to build expert teams of teachers that enable connected teaching.
With connected teaching, educators are able to build online learning communities that may have fellow educators, students and their peers, and various teachers or learners. Technology is advancing us toward building the connected teaching and learning community. Through this plan, it is hoped that ineffective professional development will be replaced by professional learning that has people working together, focused, and continuous. This would promote more collaboration among teachers and learners. Training and preparation needs to be set and acted upon now so that educators are ready for this change.
When looking through, I found that the goals were very extensive, but the way to inform and prepare educators and students alike seemed a little lacking. I find that with technology getting people up to speed is the difficult part. A lot of adults seem to have a block when it comes to learning technology. With students and kids, it comes a lot more naturally. They seem to adapt much quicker and easier. Whereas adults resist change. I believe pushing all toward this technology initiative would definitely be beneficial for all involved. Students want to be involved in their learning. What better way for this to happen through technology. We as educators must learn and work to become more familiar with technology. Incorporating technology into our classroom is a must and must become a priority or as a nation, we will fall far behind in the fast-paced technological world.
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