As the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act expires August 30th, 2011, consider these words of wisdom from Fred Tchang (director of AT Services at Advancing Opportunities in NJ):
"Districts have contacted my organization countless times requesting a laundry list of technology they ought to purchase. We advise those districts to buy less, not more and to put more money into training and support. In corporate America, I'm told, companies set aside one-third of their technology funds for training and implementation. Yet too many school districts continue to commit too much of their available funding into equipment and far too little, if anything, to training and implementation."
Read the full article, "Beyond ARRA," at this Family Center on Technology and Disability Web page.
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