MHS was built to be the high school of the future. teachers took role on the computer which was hooked to the tv. our morning announcments where made on the same tv, from our very own A/V studio. the school had a state of the art computer network. it took our teachers three or four months to learn to use the stuff and a few never really did. hardware was all second rate gateway stuff on sale and the software crashed every ten minutes.
This exact same story repeats every time a new school is built. "School of the Future!!!", "Technology!!!", "Every classroom a smart classroom!", "Every teacher with a laptop!", "Every student with a laptop!", etc.
It's a bunch of crap. The stuff NEVER works as advertised, constantly has problems, etc. 99% of the time, the teachers revert to the standard whiteboard, dry erase markers, and overhead projectors. When the teachers do use technology, such as Powerpoints, they are exceedingly boring and nothing is state of the art about it. This is just schools trying to substitute technology for actual teaching ability.
A good teacher can easily teach with just basic materials. A mediocre teacher will always be a mediocre teacher, no matter how much technology you throw at them.