Who "wrote the book" on implementing technology in schools?

I am doing research on this topic. While I find hundreds of articles and books on the subject, I do not know who the pioneers or key authors on the subject are in the context. I need help identifying the most revered resources on the topic. When you think of implementing technology in schools, whose work first comes to mind?

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Permalink Reply by Sylvia Martinez on November 2, 2009 at 3:29pm

Seymour Papert is often called "the father of educational technology." He's written several books and some of his work is collected here: http://www.papert.org/. Wikipedia article.

He was the driving force behind Maine's statewide laptop for schools program and many other US and world-wide initiatives to put the power of computers into children's hands.