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Reasons why schools are "stuck" in the 20th century modality: - Money/access to technological resources - Time to develop new skills professionally. - Lag time - Technology has to be "proven" first before we buy. Then when we buy, it is already outdated. For example, "LabQuests" do the same thing as laptops, but are smaller. These are a newer technology, but laptops were just bought.

Why did the world change but not our schools? - We operate under a budget, unlike individual people. We are unable to buy what we need as quickly as needed to keep up with the rest of society. - Teachers were trained in a different time under different circumstances. It is difficult to change methods quickly, especially with limited time to plan.

We chose money because it drives everything else. More money would allow us not only to buy more technology, but to be paid to do more work in the summers and after school to develop new techniques for our classrooms.