As we advance into the information age, digital technology only continues to flourish and become progressively more fundamental in our lives. Computers are everywhere and more and more nearly everyone who works or wishes to contribute fully within American society is being expected to be computer literate, even just for everyday living. In the home people are using, and needing to know how to use computers for such a wide variety of tasks as shopping online, creating travel planes, research, instant messaging, banking, and paying bills. What was first a novel time-saver is now becoming a completely essential tool for an immense quantity of daily jobs not only in the home, but in a progressively more extensive array of workplaces. So why are our children, our future America, being deprived of their right to get an education that that would only benefit American society? Why isn't computer usage increasing in the American classroom at a faster rate? Should computer usage increase at a faster rate? The answer to the last question is a crystal-clear yes: all signs show that workers will need to be well-known with computers, and limitless research demonstrates that computers improve the learning procedure.
Before computers are actually used in the classroom, teachers must buy into the concept that technology is useful. In order for teachers to buy that argument, they must first have some understanding of computers. Which many school teachers do lack to a great extent. In some corners, the need of computer usage in the classroom is blamed on the teacher, regardless of the fact that teachers are often not supported monetarily, educationally, and professionally in the successful integration of computers into their classrooms. Though, blaming the teacher will not help the situation. Teachers are willing, but they are not supported in their efforts. Budgets must reflect a larger share of money for teacher training than they currently do.
