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May 12, 2010 Tweet and Blog for Ed Tech | Reflections on Teaching

May 12, 2010 Tweet and Blog for Ed Tech | Reflections on Teaching

May 12, 2010 Tweet and Blog for Ed Tech

ISTE is asking bloggers, like myself, to share the word about keeping funding for ed tech in the federal education budget. Here is what is happening…
As part of the re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (which became known as NCLB — No Child Left Behind), the current administration is proposing the direct funding of education technology be eliminated. Why do we need separate funding specifically for education technology?
  1. The administration, the public, and all of us, would like to see students prepared for 21st century workplaces. This requires that they have access to and use technology in the classroom now;