ISTE and many other professional associations have applauded both houses of US congress for slating $1 billion for educational technology funding this upcoming year. Here is the news link. While I feel this is a great way to spend federal stimulus dollars, I have to question whether $1 billion is enough money to have a national impact on school technology integration when Florida alone slated $1.25 billion last year for the technology infrastructure of classrooms. We have schools that have inadequate Internet connections, computers with barely 256 MB of RAM, and teachers lacking the professional development to effectively integrate technology into their instructional practice. If we are to invest in a stimulus package to have an effect on our future, I think more money is necessary to equip our schools for the 21st century!