Computers and graphing calculators are used extensively in science, math, and technology education classes. Although many schools are limited in the number of these devices they can provide, availability will undoubtedly become more and more commonplace. Demonstration computers and video projection give teachers opportunities to present course materials in a variety of ways. These types of media, along with Internet access, have become useful and essential tools that can broaden the scope of the curriculum in the lab or classroom. The increasing use of technology has facility implications.
Wireless technology is still in the early stages of development, but it has exciting possibilities.
Some educational institutions are employing this technology now with great success. For the next decade or so, these two technologies will compete with each other and some schools will be wired, others wireless, while others will employ combinations of the two technologies. What is important is not the technology, which will continue to change and evolve, but the idea that all student should and will have access to a computer, laptop, or handheld device. To answer these questions, a mail survey of high school science, math, and technology education teachers was conducted in March of 1999.