The Internet's effects are spreading. Schools are purchasing computer programs, assisted by state, federal, and corporate grants. K-12 schools spent nearly $7 billion on instructional technology in 2000. The digital divide is narrowing; Generation I kids have greater computer access at home and at school. In a sidebar, Sandra Feldman urges…

For technology to make a difference in transforming teaching and learning in schools, it must be accessible to students and teachers. This access is predicated on the expenditure of funds to initiate and support the technology investment. This article summarizes the analysis of the 1992-93 financial data reported to the New York State Education…

Discussed are (1) expenditures for computing in higher education; (2) microcomputers in higher education, pre-college education, and home; (3) videodiscs; and (4) major computer and microcomputer programs in the Directorate for Science Education. (JN)

Provides an overview of the current and future educational technology marketplace, which is considered a fertile area for financial investment. Growth factors, the emerging mainstream role of technology, and the K-12, home education, and adult education market segments are described. Current and future levels of spending for educational technology…

Discusses the amount of money being spent to buy computers for classrooms and emphasizes the need for more money to be spent on teacher training to successfully integrate computers into the curriculum. Reviews state surveys on technology plans and teacher training and considers the effects of staff development on student achievement. (LRW)

Computers have become one of the expected trappings of today's classroom, and schools have exhibited an insatiable appetite for hardware; but systemic curricular integration of computers is still more of a promise than a reality. Resources have been allocated and spent, but many students and educators remain technologically illiterate. Section 1…