Cons of Technology
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Overview
Financial Aspect
This link really breaks everything down nicely and puts some numbers to things:
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https://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/PICCOMPCLSS.pdf
According to The Policy Information Center, the average cost per student for a district to be "technology rich" is $300. That is the number to simply get the technology into the schools. In the years beyond that, there are upkeep costs.
The average cost to train teachers in the technology can be broken down per student as well: $25. That doesn't seem like much until you multiply that by the number of students and the number of teachers.
What happens when the introduced technology is out of date in 5 years? The students are stuck working with computers, tablets, and software that the real world isn't using anymore. How is that preparing our students for life beyond school?
(Page 59 of this link breaks things down nicely)