What is the state of technology professional development for teachers?
I think schools are probably maybe about fifteen years behind business as it relates to using technology. But we’re catching up. More and more school districts are providing training for teachers. They’re providing equipment. For example, in the school district where I used to teach — Alexandria, Virginia — every teacher got a computer. And they provided the training for the teachers. And the teachers were able to take those little PCs home and practice at home so that when they went back in the classroom, they felt more confident about what it was they were trying to teach the children to do. As a business teacher, it was easy for me because it was part of my world, part of what I was teaching them to do. But for someone in, maybe, literature, or someone in foreign languages or someone in just basic elementary, they might not feel comfortable using technology in their classroom because it’s not a natural part. They don’t feel like it’s a natural part of what they’re doing. But I thi
