Role of Public (District) Administration in use of technology by Teachers

As a foreigner to US, (I am an Indian), I would like to know the role
of US Govt.(Public) Administration in the use of Technology by Teachers.
In this connection, I repeat two sentences I read in this forum:

1) "I can’t wait for my district to provide me with training for Web 2.0 tools, it could take years! I did ask for, and received, permission to create a Wikispace for my classroom -- by Elise Mueller."

2) "River East's teacher's use Blogger or some other site to post assignments and keep parents and students updated."

I reserve my comments regarding the above two quotes, but I would like to know the role of public (district) administration in providing necessary training, infrastructure and support to the teachers in use of technology.

Further, I suppose everyone of us, have freedom to discuss this matter, only with a view to solve problems if we can by discussing, but not with view to comment and criticize anybody. I hope everyone will take my suggestion positively.

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Permalink Reply by Scott Beiter on June 7, 2007 at 8:43am

In the US the role of the district in the use of technology varies. Each district (and state) has their own technology policies. Every district probably has a Technology Plan they developed. School Boards and administrators each have there own vision of what technology in the district should look like. Our superintendent doesn't believe in having more then one computer in a classroom. Other superintendents believe every student should have one. With that said each district does have state and federal laws they must abide by. In order to receive state/federal moneys certain things must happen with certain technologies.