Differences in the Education Quality That Students Receive Due to Techn

Differences in the Education Quality That Students Receive Due to Technology Wealthy cloak-and-dagger Schools vs. Inner City SchoolsTechnology in schools is becoming increasingly more important. Computers in the classroom have become not only a learning aid, but also a necessity for the educational process. However, calculating machines, meshing access, televisions, and other such technological advancements cost money, a lot of money. Presidents ornament on Educational Technology recommends that the government spend anywhere from half-dozen to twenty dollar bill-eight billion dollars each year on an ambitious computer program of computer infrastructure development (both hardware and software), teacher training, and research (Johnson, 2000). In spite of the necessity of technology in schools, many children are be deprived of this basic need. Most of the children that arent getting these advances are children who become in inner city areas. The budget for inner city sch ools is drastically lower than the budget than a suburban school or tete-a-tete institution. This affects the way students learn and eventually the way the enter todays work force. Technology in schools has advanced tremendous amounts in an unbelievably short time span. Just a little over a decade ago, schools were just jumping on new computer in the classroom bandwagon. So-called dangerous schools would have anywhere from one to twenty computers, only some with Internet access. Now, as we enter the turn of the 21st century, it would be difficult to find a school without a computer with Internet access in every classroom. Between folk 1984 and September 1997 alone, the number of computers in Americas K-12 schools increased eleven fold to more than 8 million units The use of computers h... ...learning opportunties for change. Mahwah, NJ L. Erlbaum.Golba, A. (n.d.). How does education in urban schools equalize to suburban schools?. Retrieved Apr. 11, 2005, from http//www.i usb.edu/journal/1998/Paper5.html.Johnson, Kirk A. Do Computers in the Classroom Boost academicianAchievement? 14 June 2000. Heritage Foundation. 5 May 2004.Wulf, S. (1997). What makes a good school teach our children well?. , , 62-93.Hartland, F. (n.d.). Retrieved Apr. 11, 2005, from http//www.isoc.org/inet96/proceedings/c2/c2_1.html.Stevenson, H. J. (2004). Teachers informal collabortaion regarding technology. Journal of question or Technology in Education, 37(2), 129.Peterson, C. L. (2004). Online compared to face to face teacher conceptualisation for learning standards based planning skills. , 36(4), 345.