'Selling to Teachers' is important because they are the ones who will be using it, so ultimately they should appreciate/approve of the product prior to purchasi

'Selling to Teachers' is important because they are the ones who will be using it, so ultimately they should appreciate/approve of the product prior to purchasing it. However, very few teachers actually shell out their hard-earned cash - whether they're too poor, too cheap, not tech-savvy enough, etc. can be a long-winded debate in itself. I feel we should be having technology related discussions in the education field on a National level. We need to keep the big picture in mind! We are being outpaced by the rest of the developed world <http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-12-07-us-students-international-ranking_N.htm&#62 http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-12-07-us-student...; and we are reticent to address the fundamental causes of this issue: our under-paid workforce of non-technical teachers are forced to teach in stressful environments and our solution is to inject standardized tests <http://bigthink.com/ideas/40118&#62 http://bigthink.com/ideas/40118> into our Public Education System, letting the test results determine whether a teacher is rewarded or fired. We hope this will stop us from falling behind the rest of the world... (shaking my head) What we should be doing is getting technology into the hands of our children as soon as possible. They need to be exposed to it at an early age; not only will computers be a huge part of the rest of their lives but we are also beginning to see the overwhelming effects of technology-designed solutions to education problems <http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/07/ff_khan/> http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/07/ff_khan/>. The sooner we embrace this idea and make efforts to accommodate a rapidly changing world, the quicker our students (soon-to-be workforce participants) will be capable of contributing in this ever-increasing, high-tech society. We need to be thinking outside of the box when discussing technology and education. It's time to revamp our National Education System, embrace the benefits of technology, and design software intended to make teachers more effective. So, you're right when you say 'Sell to Teachers', however, I think we need to take it a couple steps further and address the fundamental issues in the Technology & Education domain if we want substantial progress.