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I found the article “The True Cost of Ownership” By, Jamie McKenzie be very helpful if I had to set up a computer lab and purchase other technology. As a teacher I have spent most of my time preparing curriculum to teach my students. I have given little thought about all the costs to maintain and own our school's technology. Our district is privileged to have five technology support personnel. We have one at each building and one to oversee each of them. I think our school does a great job in planning our equipment. We have a committee that meets once a month to review technology issues. The committee is open to anyone in the district that wants to participate. This committee develops plans for professional development training. Last year they sent an online survey for all teachers to complete so that they could assess the teachers' need for technology training.

I don’t have to worry about setting up my classroom with technology. Our technology people do that for us. We tell them what we want and they order it ( if approved by the district). We have many different models of printers. Its seems that when they replace one printer it is always different from the ones we have. I don’t think this is cost effective especially when they take different cartridges. It's difficult to determine ahead of time how many you might need, and it can be more costly to service so many different models. Doing the TCO worksheet on the different printers was helpful. Before, I didn't give much thought how much it cost to print a page. Now I think twice before printing something.

After reading the article, I now have an objective standard to use when purchasing a classroom projector. I know what lumens are and how to use them when comparing projectors for classroom use.

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