“ISTE’s hopes and dreams for the future of education are guided by our mission-to advance excellence in learning and teaching through innovative and effective uses of technology. We must create a future defined by an educational environment enriched with technology that will engage students, challenge them, inspire them, and prepare them for all that life has to offer. It must be our job, our focus, our mission, to make going to school a step into the future for our students.

ETAN provides a forum for educators and others to make that happen where they can access the latest information and then communicate that information to influence public policymakers at the local, state and federal levels.”

- Dr. Helen L. Padgett, ISTE President