When these committees meet, they will benefit from developing written plans and guidelines for implementing and maintaining the technological development of the schools. Written technology plans lay out the vision of instructional technology within the broader context of the schools' missions as educational institutions. Good written plans also identify specific goals, objectives, procedures for accomplishing these objectives, timelines for action and strategies for evaluation. In most school districts and institutions there are a few individuals who are actively interested and involved in guiding the development and implementation of instructional technology systems in schools. When an instructional technology committee is formed to develop the master plan, its members should come from a variety of settings and positions within the school and district.
Schools are busy places and most personnel already have great demands placed upon their time.
Yet the implementation and utilization of instructional technology in schools, especially at the classroom level, requires additional effort and time on the part of key stakeholders to ensure that the goals and timelines identified in technology plans are, in fact, realized. Once a technology plan has been drafted and distributed, the key challenge is to ensure that the ideas contained in the plan are disseminated widely. Communications about instructional technology in schools are just as important as communication through technology. Technology committees that create regular newsletters that are distributed across institutions and staffing levels will increase awareness and potential interest about new resources available via computer-aided facilities. As more teachers become aware, many may also want to take an active role in helping to carry out the goals identified in the master plan.