To be effective, teachers must be willing to restructure the way they teach. In this type of classroom, technology is so much a part of the ongoing instructional program that it is almost transparent. 21 Many model schools use this approach to technology and the curriculum. To truly infuse technology into the school curriculum, ongoing technology support is critical. This includes ongoing training, maintenance, material resources, leadership, and time.
Staff development plays perhaps the most crucial role in technology support.
Many of these self-taught teachers are misinformed or do not have newer technological resources. 24 Maintenance of existing technical resources increases the usefulness and life of older technologies that might be relegated to the trash heap. This, in turn, provides students an example of global ecological awareness with regard to nonrenewable resources. 25 Material resources provide the basic tools for technology implementation in a division. Traditionally this has been a computer and printer in the classroom.