The first Long-Range Plan for Technology, 1988-2000 was adopted twenty years ago. The latest Long-Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020 was adopted in 2006. The first Progress Report on the Long-Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020 discusses the progress of the LRPT from September 2006 to August 2008. These documents can be found on the Texas Education Agency website. Technology has changed and continues to change at an unbelievable pace since 2006. Education has also changed with the introduction of these technologies into our classroom, for administrators, teachers, and students alike. The goal now is to prepare our students to be successful in, as David Warlick states, an unpredictable future, one that we cannot even describe. Legislation was passed by the State of Texas to implement many programs to help achieve this goal. Data from the Texas Campus and Teacher STaR Charts was used to show progress of the plan. The report includes the Interim Report on the Technology Immersion Pilot (TIP) and the Interim Report on the Texas Virtual School Network (TxVSN) as well as a report on all four domains of the LRPT. The services of the education service centers was included in this progress report. According to the Progress Report the programs and initiatives as they impact student and educators are positive. The report states that if the recommendations as set down by the Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020 are employed and we teach life long learners of technology for the 21st Century our students will be successful.
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