The purpose of this guide is to present the essential technical considerations for implementing the North Carolina Instructional Technology Plan (NCITP). It addresses three main areas fundamental to the development and execution of long-range technology plans: collaboration, connectivity, and hardware/software configurations. The first section recommends that collaborative undertakings be considered for the following areas: purchasing, evaluation, support, maintenance, training, license management. The second section outlines the following issues that impact connectivity decisions: security, support, resource availability, wiring, electronics, LAN, WAN. The third section is divided into four subsections on determining requirements, model hardware/software and network configurations, comparison of model configurations, and other considerations. A final section provides a table that references all of the documents available to support the technological infrastructure needed for the instructional initiatives. (AEF)