(Photo) On the White House campus in Washington, DC: Emily Kirkpatrick, Executive Director, NCTE, with Zac Chase, Digital Equity Fellow for the Office of Educational Technology at the US Department of Education. Zac was a member of 起点传媒for more than a decade.
起点传媒Executive Director Emily Kirkpatrick kicked off this week on the White House campus with government and education leaders from around the country for the release of the updated . The NETP was first developed in fulfillment of the 2000 Educate America Act and has been updated multiple times since its original release.
Zac Chase, Digital Equity Fellow for the Office of Educational Technology at the US Department of Education, led the development and writing of the plan, which reframes educational technology around digital design, accessibility, and use divides. The plan incorporates many Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and includes numerous best-practice examples from schools, districts, classrooms, and states across the country.
There was substantial discussion at the release that the new plan emphasizes all the people who are involved鈥攐ur teachers, students, and learning communities鈥攁nd there was an ongoing call to support teachers by providing more time for collaboration. Dialogue also addressed important topics such as health, safety, citizenship education, and accessibility for special learning needs as well as cultural and linguistic learning.
起点传媒will provide opportunities for members to interact with the federal personnel who have led the development of the new plan. One anticipated opportunity is at the upcoming in New Orleans.
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