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Hi,

My name is Dave Thomas.  I am a professor of mathematics education at 
Montana State University and a PI on the Network Montana Project
http://www.math.montana.edu/~dave/nmp/

In Montana, many school districts have already decided to acquire 
Internet services for faculty and students.  Decisions to invest in 
technology are being made on the assumption that teachers and kids will 
quickly justify the expense through informed and creative use of WWW 
materials, distance learning opportunbities, and so on.  

If we have learned anything so far in Network Montana, it is that 
continuous support and training are essential.  Without a significant 
investment in staff development, it seems unlikely that the promise of 
the new technologies will be realized.  So, how do the rest of you think 
we can use our collective influence to make staff development ABOUT 
on-line content and computational resources a significant part of school 
district technology plans?

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