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=Why read it?= Although Cuban made some assumptions when comparing California (and Silicon Valley) to the rest of the nation in regards to technology in schools I think it makes a strong statement of the need for school and universities to staff instructional technology support positions like technology facilitators. Time and time again one of the factors for the use of technology bought in schools and universities was the lack of support and time for faculty to assist with integrating the technology into their instruction. EM

Overall, Cuban argues for the overhaul technology implementation into our schools. He is a voice for helping those that fund technology reforms that more is needed besides just the tools for technology. What is also need are strategies to make them work. Often tools for technology are dropped in our lap as teachers, but we are left wondering what were supposed to do with them. Some may be movtivated to alter their teaching and branch out into using the new technology in their classroom. Many will take more convincing and the process will lag until the technology is outdated and something new is again being introduced. What I would like to see is a follow-up to Cuban's research in this text. I would like to see where policymakers and public officials are today with regards to funding technology and their expectations of teachers using that technology.RP