Persichitte & Bauer (1996) addressed the instructional design process which was utilised for the development and delivery of one successful teacher technology training effort for a medium-sized school district. The theory of instructional systems design guided the creation of teaching materials. The theory involves the application of principles from fields such as behaviourism, information processing theory and cognitive science to the design, development and evaluation of teaching resources. The second theoretical framework used was Hall & Hord’s (1987) Concerns Based Adoption Model or CBAM. This is a model of how the adoption of innovations occurs in education. The Northern Colorado project described by Persichitte & Bauer has a number of unique features. The program does prepare and support teachers to technology in the classroom, but it also provides training for others from pre-kindergarten aides and food service employees to school board members.