A panel of educational technology experts spoke before the members of the House Education and Labor Committee June 16, stressing the importance that technology plays in the classroom as well as the need for continued professional development.

In the first of what Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., said will be a series of panel discussions, educators and educational technology advocates shared success stories about how technology has helped improve teaching and learning. Members of Congress and education stakeholders also were able to try out different technologies at the event, including interactive whiteboards, virtual frog dissection, online teacher training and courses, video streaming clips, and math and reading software simulations.

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