Of course schools are limited by time and money, making it difficult to introduce anything new, especially expensive technologies that need constant maintenance and upgrades. However, if schools look at their overall program and revaluate how to accomplish the same tasks while utilizing technology, there may be more room to maneuver than originally thought. A parent’s best bet is to figure out how open the school is to change and how actively they are perusing these changes. Thus, when the opportunities arise to incorporate technology, the school will be more likely to embrace them.

Following are a list of questions that may be helpful in evaluating the technology initiatives at your child’s school:
• Is the use of technology in the classroom a school policy or an individual decision made by the teacher?
• What computer and technology skills are teachers expected to know?
• Are teachers provided training on popular and new technologies on a regular basis?
• What type of projects will my child be required to complete that promote the use of technology?
• Does the school have a computer lab or does each class have a single computer students are expected to share?
• What precautions are taken to ensure student safety when surfing the Web?