A really good school based technology support person, a laptop cart and a good Internet connection are all one needs to create a significant online learning environment.
Blogs, wikis, discussion boards, photo sharing, wikipedia, research resources, photostory, youtube, teachertube, vimeo, flickr, library of congress online, google are all free.
The problem is, nobody can get a job after they retire from the school system with a free resource built up by a social network.