Factors will impact using curriculum webs in schools

Chapter 12 mentions these factors as being involved: people, classrooms, computers, computer labs, connectivity, software issues, and email. Basically I see it all come down to having accessibility to technology, implementing curriculum webs wide-spread throughout classrooms effectively, and having a positive attitude or approach to using this type of technology in the classroom. Most of us agree that technology is a good thing for the classroom so reluctance or hesitancy does not seem like an issue I would be having.

Obviously an issue for most of us is accessibility. Our schools may have computers, but perhaps not many, or they may not be hooked up to a wireless network. Or if they are, the service is spotty. So the solution becomes, it will have to be an "at-home" implementation. But many of my kids don't have a computer or the internet. Or they are not allowed to use it. These issues we have hashed out and rehashed. So what CAN we do? We can try and stay positive and come up with some way to do this. Perhaps instead of every student having a computer in front of them, you could at least hook up your screen to an LCD (if you have a SMART board box at least) and go through the curriculum webs from one screen. And while yes, this may not be ideal, you can instruct those kids with internet to go online at home as well and explore for themselves.