<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello Graduates, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The 2016 National Education Technology Plan is something that each of you should know about as you work in the K-12 schools and higher education — especially if you are looking for a job!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes, </div><div class="">Dr. Franklin</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">EmergingEdTech <<a href="mailto:list@emergingedtech.com" class="">list@emergingedtech.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">EmergingEdTech: 16 Things I Love About the 2016 National Education Technology Plan</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">January 19, 2016 at 7:48:55 AM CST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Teresa Franklin <<a href="mailto:teresa.franklin@icloud.com" class="">teresa.franklin@icloud.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div style="position: relative;" class=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; 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width: 459px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td height="8" class=""><div style="position: absolute; line-height: 0px; font-size: 1px;" class=""> </div></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align: left; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; color: rgb(17, 53, 94);" class=""><h1 class=""><strong class=""><strong class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 53, 94); font-size: 18pt;" class="">16 Things I Love About the 2016 National Education Technology Plan<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong></strong></h1></td></tr><tr class=""><td height="6" class=""><div style="position: absolute; line-height: 0px; font-size: 1px;" class=""> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td valign="middle" width="139" class=""> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><em class="">View as a web page:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.aweber.com/t/RMw16" class="">http://www.aweber.com/t/RMw16</a></em></span><br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=N8Z_U&m=3lpvOs_PnwgH40w&b=kIem_vI7nFmUgVBCLlUkoQ" target="_blank" class=""><img alt="" height="154" src="http://www.emergingedtech.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/NETP-culatta-quote.png" width="523" class=""></a></div><div class=""><h2 style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 20px;" class=""><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="">The 2016 NETP is Packed with Important Ideas, Good Examples, and Smart Partnerships</span></span></h2><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 26.6667px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="">The DOE’s Office of Education Technology recently published the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a data-mce-href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=N8Z_U&m=3lpvOs_PnwgH40w&b=oGsl7iyk5l_22DO4ZJwP9g" href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=N8Z_U&m=3lpvOs_PnwgH40w&b=oGsl7iyk5l_22DO4ZJwP9g" target="_blank" class="">2016 National Education Technology Plan</a>. The plan is titled, <em class="">"<strong style="font-weight: bold !important;" class="">Future Ready Learning</strong>. Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education"</em>. While "love" is not a word many of us in the world of education may often use when referring the work of the U.S. Department of Education, the fact is, there is a lot I really feel strongly about in this plan. The Office of Education Technology has done good work here, and this plan hits on many of the important ideas that I believe many will agree should be a priority <em class="">(of course, some feedback from detractors is also expected - but that's all good too!)</em>.</span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 26.6667px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 20px;" class=""><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">A rich set of important, meaningful uses of technology in the instructional and academic environment have been incorporated into the plan. There are also lots of examples of successful implementations of concepts, drawn from schools and educators across the country. Following are some of the elements of the plan that I think will struck a chord with many educators.</span></span></span></p><h3 style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class=""><a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=N8Z_U&m=3lpvOs_PnwgH40w&b=kIem_vI7nFmUgVBCLlUkoQ" target="_blank" class=""><strong class="">READ FULL ARTICLE</strong></a></span></h3><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><strong class=""><em class="">Other Recent Articles</em></strong></span></span><p class="entry-title"><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class=""><a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=N8Z_U&m=3lpvOs_PnwgH40w&b=n9wr_JEW3nNWzcYVlzlBtg" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to 10 Time-Proven Moodle Plugins for Teachers and Students That You Don’t Want to Miss" class="">10 Time-Proven Moodle Plugins for Teachers and Students That You Don’t Want to Miss</a></span></span></p><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class=""><a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=N8Z_U&m=3lpvOs_PnwgH40w&b=LchAJWhk6Ylu8oj_.Lq_VQ" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 205);" class="">A Dozen Favorite Plugged-In Technology and Education Experts on Twitter</span></a><br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=N8Z_U&m=3lpvOs_PnwgH40w&b=BET.OJtGVot4YG.yNIYEAw" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 205);" class="">Education and Technology Thought Leader Interview: Steven W. 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