t month found. “All across the country these figures are striking—there’s no leveling off” said Linda Roberts, director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (Clopton 1999). Trotter and Zehr also found that many teachers would like to make more use of the Internet in their classes, but are frustrated by how hard it is to find the good stuff. Most said they were hungry for curricula and instructional materials that were grounded in research and presented by reputable educational groups.
This need for training was a major consideration of The Technology Literacy Challenge issued by President Clinton on February 15,1996.The first goal of this challenge was: All teachers in the nation will have the training and support they need to help students learn using computers and the information highway. Lawton (1997) stated these same concerns. She says Technology puts more demands than ever on undertrained teachers with little or no extra time on their hands. In addition to learning the mechanics of computer hardware and software, and altering their p
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