Students will develop multimedia projects. Students teach classes for less-experienced peers, college interns, and school administrators. They assume responsibility for furthering their own technology learning. Finally, students have been involved in creative work, technical support, and presentations with commercial software firms and other local businesses. The outreach to administrators, other schools, and the community has raised the level of awareness of technology in education.
Administrators are now more likely to be technology users and more able to be technology leaders.
The publicity surrounding the digital imaging program has brought in substantial resources. Ironically, early in The Road Ahead, this program was in jeopardy because of large district budget cuts. Some projects could not be completed because of lack of advanced technology. The team credits the NFIE mentor with helping them make the best use of their technology during the first year of the program and with demonstrating effective technology use to teachers and administrators. In an interview in June 1997, the team leader said that although the digital imaging class existed in the high school before The Road Ahead, the grant was responsible for his publicizing and expanding the program.