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Friday, July 11, 2003
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Due to recent cuts in educational spending at the state level, school districts are under increased pressure to justify spending on technology. Many spend millions of dollars placing computers in classrooms, without addressing whether the new technology has positively effected student achievement. For the most part computer instruction in schools still maintains a focus on application software such as Microsoft Word, Power Point or web-based resources, though these programs have not been shown to improve student achievement (Cuban and Kirkpatrick, 1998). It is apparent that using software types that do not exploit the unique qualities of computer instruction may eventually lead to decreased technology funding. Two concerns for educators are: "Can computer instruction be more efficient than regular instruction?" and "Does a school's current arrangement have any worth?"
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