Strategies for Increasing Access to Educational Technology for Rural vs. Urban Schools
Integrating technologies into classrooms general requires that a wide range of obstacles to be overcome. Not only do modern technologies have hefty price tag that can weigh heavily on school budgeting, but it also requires additional training for both the teachers as well as the students. Furthermore, it is often also the case that the school's culture is prohibitive of embracing new methods of class room education and teachers often have resistance to integrating new technologies into their lesson plans. However, in the modern environment, if technology is successful integrated into the classroom setting this can often not reduce some of the instructor's workload but also better prepare students to meet the challenges they will face in the twenty first century. The analysis will investigate different strategies that can help improve access to educational technologies in both rural as well as urban environments.