This article is concerned with the amount of money that schools have to spend on licensing for the newest software. In a world where technology is constantly changing schools do not have the budget to keep updating software and hardware. The proposed answer to this problem by the author is to use open technologies on the internet. Free software on the internet and resources such as Wikipedia are looked down upon by most American educational institutions. But they may be the best option for schools whose budget is being crunched by spending money on No Child Left Behind.
This is definitely an option for any school. Of course the merit of these online resources must be checked out before students are allowed to use them as a viable resource for papers or assignments. This leaves education open to different options, it gives teachers and students more options. The most important effect open technology could have on schools is to save their budget, leaving schools more options and ability to spend their money on more important educational resources.
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