A survey by US Dept of Education shows that more than half of all teachers believe presence of such technologies as CD-ROM encyclopedias and reference works, telephones, WWW access and teacher workstations with e-mail access is essential to the learning process.
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Technologies essential to teaching |
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| Technology | % of teachers feeling this is essential |
| Video camera | 18 |
| Full page scanner | 20 |
| Multimedia authoring program | 21 |
| Presentation software | 35 |
| At least one computer for every four students in classroom |
49 |
| Encyclopedia and other reference works on CD-ROM |
51 |
| Telephone in classroom | 56 |
| World Wide Web access in classroom |
61 |
| Teacher computer station with access to electronic mail |
68 |
| Source: National Center for Education Statistics | |