Upgrades to RAM and software should also be part of the plan and the resources needed to keep the computer serviceable must be encumbered. School wide Management Technological resources in education are limited. The multimedia computer to student ratio in California is 23 students per multi media computer. This equates to a single computer in the vast majority of the classrooms. Therefore, these precious resources must be managed efficiently to make the greatest impact in classrooms.
Many schools choose to buy an item, say a video monitor, for each room.
Another management method is to purchase a limited amount of equipment to be shared by moving the equipment according to a plan which commits it to a class or grade level for a given time period. For example, a school could give one teacher four computers for the first quarter, then move them to another teacher for the second quarter of the year. In this way, each teacher can have enough computers to facilitate a unit, but they can only have these resources for a limited period of time. At one school, they checked out equipment on a weekly basis. This worked for them because of the collegial nature of the staff, and the small number of teachers involved in the curriculum and management plan.