Two Years Later This Pattern Still Exists

I spent today at the NCTIES conference working with educators and talking with educators. One pattern that I heard throughout many of my conversations, and this happens everywhere I go, is "our school bought product X, but I'm the only one using it." As I wrote two years ago, buying stuff doesn't fix problems. Without instruction for teachers on the classroom of technology, putting a laptops, iPads, or SMARTBoards in every classroom won't improve students' learning experiences.