Planning needs to be holistic and integrated in school-level change and district planning.
Coffman cautions against over planning to the point where people may begin to lose faith if they don't see progress in implementation. Bring diverse constituencies into planning processes. In addition to education administrators, this means business representatives, legislators, and parents. Parents serve on school-level technology committees and are also members of the Student Technology Leadership Program, another statewide advisory council. Set sound, open architecture standards, so that districts and schools can make good judgements and decisions when it comes to purchasing equipment, hardware, and software.