in a traditional school setting, is to facilitate, through increased
efficiency and effectiveness, the education of knowledge and skills. In order to fully examine this
thesis, we must first define several terms. Efficiency will be defined as the quickness by which
we obtain knowledge, while the term effectiveness is associated with the amount of imparted
knowledge that is operationally mastered. When technology is directly applied to an educational
setting, such as a school, both the students and teachers can be viewed as learners. Thus, we can
operate under the assumption that any increase in teacher knowledge and utilization has the
impact of increased learning in students. Ultimately, technology should serve to increase student
achievement in schools.