F. Software G. Technical Support H. Staff Development Adequate planning is of course critical to the success of any venture. No company would devise corporate strategies without carefully planning how it will use its resources to achieve its goals and objectives, and school districts should be no different. Despite the best intentions, the level of technological resources available to each school in a district can vary unacceptably. Rapid Change . The pace of technological change continues to accelerate.
Funding can be the greatest barrier to the effective use of technology in the classroom.
Unless planning addresses whether and how projects will be funded, limited funding can have a greater impact than it should. The public is anxious to see that its tax dollars are spent effectively, and rightly so. Thorough planning makes it possible to demonstrate that proposed strategies have been well thought out, acquisitions of technological resources have been carefully considered, and that every aspect of the implementation is cost-effective. Each of these components should be addressed by the district's technology plan. These groups were asked what they wanted from technology for the district and the community at large.