Five ed-tech stories to watch for 2010

Five stories that could have a huge effect on education technology in the new year: 5) Will Congress reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act this year, and if so, what will the new law look like? 4) How will the continuing evolution of mobile devices affect students' computing experience? 3) Will the digital textbook revolution succeed? And, how will new developments in the digital book market affect teaching and learning? 2) How will schools deal with a lingering financial crisis that isn't expected to end anytime soon? 1) What will the new National Education Technology Plan and National Broadband Plan look like? (The Department of Education is expected to unveil the first draft of the Obama administration's National Education Technology Plan later this month.)