Cator Says New National Tech Plan Puts Learning First

摘要

Q: When is a technology plan not a technology plan? A: When it's the National Education Technology Plan (NETP). "We were very, very careful to make sure that this did not come off as a technology plan," says Director of the Office of Educational Technology Karen Cator, whose group was responsible for the 100-plus page, year-in-the-making document released by the US Department of Education (ED) in November. Cator says that it was a high priority for the department that the new technology plan be seen first and foremost as a learning plan, offering a vision for "different kinds of learning environments, replete with better data systems, better assessments, better connections for teachers, better infrastructure."