According to schools responding to another survey, an average of 21 hours of technology training was offered to teachers in the 1997-98 school year. Schools with more technology report more training being offered to teachers. Thirty-one states require districts to submit technology plans to receive state technology funds. The percentage of districts formally keeping track of technology access, use, and training varies greatly from state to state. Districts were more apt to keep track of the presence and location of school technology than to monitor how teachers and students use it.
Most states provide technical support to districts.
And three-quarters of 4th graders had teachers who used computers in math instruction that year. How teachers use computers in math and science varies by grade level and by subject. Two-thirds of teachers say they spend two hours or less per week using the Internet for instruction. Teachers are far more likely to use the Internet as a source of information than as a tool for communications.