“The National Educational Technology Plan is being developed by the U.S. Department of Education with support from the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International, a nonprofit research organization.” Discussion and work on the plan began on June 28th at the NECC 2009 conference. You are invited to share your ideas and thoughts once you register to use the site (email confirmation is required). The site will accept comments until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 12.

The emerging framework for the plan focuses on three broad areas in which technology has the potential to transform education:

• Enabling unprecedented access to high-quality learning experiences.
• Providing the information that creates transparency in the education system and enables continuous improvement processes at all levels.
• Enhancing collaboration and content management to derive cost savings and productivity gains through process redesign.

Don’t miss your opportunity to provide input to a plan that “is being developed to provide a vision for how information and communication technologies can help transform American education.” Visit the National Technology Education Plan website to read more and provide input on a topic that is highly relevant to the future of technology in education.