At present, technology has revolutionized our society and the education system across the country. From allowing students to participate in dialogues with professors at universities around the world to allowing students to span the globe and learn from one another, technology has widened previously set boundaries. More than any other time in our history, we have a tool, technology, that will allow our society to provide equal educational opportunities to all our students, regardless of income or ethnicity.
New technologies have the ability to empower every aspect of our civil life.
Everyone has a role to play - the federal, state and local governments, education organizations, the private sector, communities and families. This is truly an exciting time. In response to the educational opportunities created by the dramatic technological innovations in the early and mid-1990s, the federal government increased its involvement in providing technology access to our public schools. The simple stated goal was to ensure that the next generation of schoolchildren would be better educated and prepared to participate in the new American digital economy. To further assist our children, we need to increase the quality of access our children have to online information and educational resources.