The development of the silicon chip and the microcomputer has caused the current age to be termed the "information age." Computer technology needs to be incorporated into the educational scene as computer literacy becomes a required skill. The National Labor Statistics Bureau projects that 75 percent of all jobs will require computer knowledge in…

Directed primarily toward small school administrators and school boards, this publication describes a consortium of five rural school districts in central Missouri and how they used a traveling teacher to facilitate incorporation of microcomputer capabilities into the school systems' operation and curriculum. The paper describes the use of the…

Formal action by state education agencies (SEA's) in regard to educational technology is quite recent. In 1981 only seven states addressed the issue in formal state-level action. This paper presents the results of a 1983 survey on state-level initiatives relating to educational technology. The survey found that nearly all state SEA's are involved…