Hints on a national strategy for educational technology in the USA

Downey, G. (2009) ED’s new tech chief previews national plan eSchool News, December 2

This is a report of a recent speech by Karen Cator, the new director of education technology at the US Department of Education. The new National Education Technology Plan will have four areas of focus: access, assessment, learning support, improving cost-effectiveness/productivity.

Cator said that the U.S. Department of Education (ED) will unveil the first draft of the administration’s National Education Technology Plan next month.