Enhancing teaching with the right software or Internet access helps students excel at constructing both knowledge and problem-solving strategies. That depends on a teacher's educational goals. Learning what software or Internet activities their school employs provides parents with a valuable opportunity to connect more closely with their child's learning and achievement. Rewards from a technology-rich learning environment are possible only when educators receive both adequate professional development on technology integration into the curriculum and adequate planning time. Without adequate planning and sound educational rationale, computers will be either misused or unused.
Teachers are overwhelmed and resistant.
Space, time, and money are appropriated from more important activities. Expedient software choices are made by noneducators, and computer time becomes mindless game-playing.