CoSN

Assignment 1: After having looked over this website, go to your blog and respond to the following questions:
* Did you find the CoSN website useful?
I thought there was a great deal of information that could help a person for a just about any topic dealing with technology.  I thought the information was easy to understand and would serve to be useful for many.  As with many things on the Internet, this is a unknown resource to many that could use this to better their technology purchases in the future to better address their school's needs.

* What information on the website was most useful to you?
I liked the total cost feature.  Everything adds up in order to make technology effective and worthwhile.  If one does not invest the money, then they will only be able to go so far.  So knowing what costs and what equipment is necessary is crucial to the whole scheme of technology in education.

* How will information from this website help your Technology Committee?
I think the committee first needs to find our what their goals are and where the school wants to end up.  Then, this website will help form a direction of how to get there coupled with the cost involved.  Too often school just buy technology and do not have a plan of how to implement them.  The truth of the matter is that many schools have no clue what is out there for their use and exactly how much cost is involved.

* What implications does this information have for technology planning in your school?
This website gives reality and hard facts of the many unknown areas of technology.  It also makes tech committees go crazy with ideas and not having the money to do so.  It would be similar to a little kid going into a toy store for an hour and now being able to walk out of there with at least one toy.  The several ideas and equipment are merely a wish list for many school districts who are continually battle funding problems.