The costs of this recommendation will include training 100 teachers to become trainers. About 2,000 teachers will be trained per year using the 100 teacher-trainers. The Training Department will develop class materials. Instructors will be paid for two-day training sessions. Exhibit 9-17 displays the computers by education level.
Access is only one factor in the successful use of educational technology.
The other critical factor is effective usage through well planned and implemented curriculum. Technology can be one of the great equalizers in instruction delivery and equitable access should be ensured by the superintendent. Access becomes an issue with site-based management because some principals do not believe in the importance of technology and do not use discretionary funds to purchase computers. The superintendent drafts a policy on the equitable distribution of technology throughout the district. Area superintendents identify those schools where computer availability is low.