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Technology Planning in Schools.                                                     

 Technology planning is not quick or simple. In order to make informed decisions, you will need access to technology expertise. You may also want some guidance just managing the planning process. Whether or not you can do your planning on your own depends on the technology expertise you have on staff already. (Seven steps to a better technology plan)  

 Computers and the Internet have made our lives easier and our school endeavors more efficient. But, technology has not stopped here. There are a variety of different ways to bring technology into the classroom that are educationally productive as well as exciting. (integrate technology into our schools)

 Despite the uncertainty surrounding network and infrastructure planning for secondary schools, the real specialists are the people in the trenches. Each networking/ infrastructure planning challenge is unique to each school district. The experiences of other school districts can be informative, but there are no off the shelf answers. (A good technology plan )

 schools and teachers lack the technical knowledge and experience needed to create effective technology plans. They may think that the professional development time and funding necessary to upgrade teachers’ technology skills could be better spent on learning more about content areas and teaching strategies. (Developing a School or District Technology Plan)

  There are many different ways in which to approach technology planning. There are those school districts that have no formal technology plan at all. Other school districts use the shopping list method. (solutions to IT Technology Planning in Schools)