Sacramento Head Start Alumni Association

KIDS AND COMPUTERS

Mar 24, 2003

**Connected to the Future
For many children, logging onto the Internet is becoming as common as picking up the phone. But even with dramatic gains among disadvantaged children, the historical disparities between Internet "haves" and "have-nots" persist at home and at school, according to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
http://www.cpb.org/pdfs/ed/resources/connected/03_connect_report.pdf

**The Sustainability Challenge: Taking EdTech to the Next Level
Since 1990, the nation has invested over $40 billion to bring computers, educational software and Internet connections to schools. Making the most of this investment, however, may be threatened by funding cutbacks and "technology fatigue" which undermine key efforts like improving teacher training, maintaining and upgrading technology available to classrooms and continuing adequate funding for EdTech, say the Benton Foundation and the Center for Children and Technology. The report includes guidance for funders, a look at EdTech in Indian country, legislative language for improving federal support, and a quick chart outlining the characteristics of tech-savvy and un-savvy school districts.
http://www.benton.org/Library/sustainability/sus_challenge.pdf