National Educational Technology Plan

The plan was very interesting and eye opening for me to read through and reflect on. As we suffer hard times as a nation we must always look forward to the future for our children. Technology is the future of society and will be the only way for America to stay on top. The plan is a 5 year plan that requires certain areas of change to met the goals.
The first catagoriy that need to be revised is learning and learnig standards. We must create and design learning with technology. The ability for students to learn 24 hours a day seven days a week via technology is a very important subject in the plan. Evaluation and assessment that allow all stake holders to have a fair and just evaluation is a area of concern in the policy. We must also create and explore different interactive technologies and the ability for teachers to have more tools for teaching. The school system infrastructure must be addressed to ensure that all school teachers and students have the ability to access the internet at home and at school. The most interesting area to me was the topic of productivity and the definition of the term. We must allow students the opportunity to know what the word actually means and our standards.
The fact that many teachers feel completely unprepared when it comes to technology I am not pleased with the lack of of professional development in the plan. If the classroom teachers do not fully grasp the concepts how are the suppose to teach them? Teachers are a huge part of the classroom learning I strongly feel teachers should be treated as professionals and have the flexibility to teach as they seem appropriate. If they are wise teachers the will use technology as a resource but i do not believe they should be forced to teach any certain style. I also do not believe that one model fits for all schools, if that was the case then all students would be performing on the same level. Some communities need different resources and different types of learning to properly meet their needs.
I do understand what the Federal governance is attempting to do, and applaud their aggressive approach to the issue. But I also feel that the actual teachers need to be part of the agenda to really feel part of the team. If we are forced fed all our creative brain storming will be thrown out the window and the classroom learning will suffer.