be competitive in a global market. This concern can also affect instructional technology leadership efforts as technology specialists collaborate with teachers to assist them in integrating technology into the classroom. For example, in responding to the last question in the written questionnaire, TS12 wrote, "I believe that all students can learn and deserve to be taught by high quality teachers, who design engaging 21st century lessons." TS12 concluded by stating, "Technology in schools helps students and families in difficult financial situations receive the same exposure and access to technology as those in affluent situations, 199 helping to prepare all students for the digital future they'll face after graduating from school." Resistance to technological change. Another property associated with the core category was resistance to technological change, which involvedpast, people may have wanted to go to a masked ball or live a secret life, and now that life is available, Second Life provides an avenue for social tendencies that people had in the Past"____________________________________ Technology causes social change. The category Technology causes social change involved 58 coding instances from 17 documents and 17 participants. Coding instances for this category involved occurrences in the transcripts when participants held the perspective that technology is the main cause of social change. Many of these coding instances were in response to the fifth question in the interview. TS 9 stated, "I think that once technology is in place, it causes social change, we're texting or emailing or Facebooking instead of communicating face-to-face." TD3 sated, "Society has changed because of technology,"