Voice mail and e-mail. The technologies are powerful, exciting, readily available, and increasingly affordable. The only real measure of the effectiveness of technologies and technology-enhanced educational programs is the extent to which they promote and support students' engaged learning and collaboration. Using technology for learning Issues of learning and technology are more critical today than ever before. To meet new challenges, educational decision makers need information about technology - its cost effectiveness, how it delivers information, and its accessibility.
Technologies are still very expensive.
Decision makers must understand differences in cost, capabilities, use, and effectiveness among various technologies and technology-based programs in order to spend their limited dollars wisely. Technology changes how information and resources get to schools and other agencies. Electronic publishing allows many different kinds of information providers to serve schools. Printed textbooks may no longer be schools' primary sources of content. This reconfiguration must be planned with our learning goals for students as the top priority.