The 2010 National Educational Technology Plan

The 2010 National Educational Technology Plan, Transforming American Education:Learning Powered by Technology, has six main points:

Learning: A Model for the 21^st Century
- Students need teachers who utilize technology to best suite each child’s individual learning style  and inspire all students to have engaging and empowering learning experiences.Assessment: Measuring What Matters-Technology based assessments should be used to gage student progress and determine learning, decisions should be based on data.

Teaching: Improving Learning Through Connected Teaching

-Educators need the technology tools and resources to empower, inspire, and engage all students as well as collect crucial data.
Infrastructure: People, Processes, and Technologies for Learning

-Includes people (students, teachers, and administrators), learning resources, models of continuous improvement, as well as the technology hardware and software as well as management systems.Productivity: Improving Learning Outcomes While Managing Costs-In order to have a 21^st century resources schools must budget carefully and get make careful decisions based on data.

R&D: Solving Grand Challenge Problems

-In order to reform the education system into a 21^st century system, research and development must be continuous in the areas of learning sciences, technology and education.

“The model for 21^st century learning presented in this plan assumes that we develop, adopt, and ensure equitable access to a technology-based education system that provides effective learning experiences, assessments, and teaching and a comprehensive infrastructure for learning to support both formal education and all other aspects of learning.”