During Spring Break, some interesting national and state initiatives were released that I felt were important enough to share here.

The US Department of Education released its draft of the National Education Technology Plan (NETP)

http://www2.ed.gov/technology - if you want to read the entire plan

The NETP focuses on 5 Key Areas:
1. Learning - providing engaging learning experiences IN and OUT of school
2. Assessment - altering assessment tools toward collaboration, virtual/online assessments and performance
3. Teaching - providing teachers