Institutional Issues
Educational institutions face a number of challenges regarding the control and maintenance of technology in the school.

Teacher Related Issues
Student Related Issues
Legal vs. Illegal Use

Teacher Related Issues

Labor Issues:
The requirement to provide and use technology is a point of contention between teacher unions/associations and school administration. The administration must embrace technology in order to keep up with the demands of student monitoring, grading and evaluation. Many of the technical demands are forced from the state level. The unions/associations push back arguing that the administration is making it a requirement that the teachers have a computer and the skills to operate it. Combine that with the support requirements, and a very expensive element emerges. If teachers use their personal computers, can they legally install and use unique applications. If the administration provides the machine, does each teacher get their own or do they use a pool. What are the consequences if the pool computers go down? Teachers cannot be held responsible for work not done because the PC’s were out of order.

Training Issues:
Teachers today, regardless of age, grade level or specialty, must embrace technology. Because technology is so central to modern life teachers can be technically savvy. The issue surrounding computer skill demands and associated training may not be a capabilities issue. It may be used as leverage in labor discussion, not as a technology issue.

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