Since its early days, Nishimera village in Miyazaki prefecture has been keen to introduce use of Information Technology (IT) in school education and by now has considerable experience. In this study, a follow-up survey, focusing on 142 ex-students who attended elementary or junior high schools in the town in 1996, was conducted in order to examine the educational effects of IT use in schools. Analyzing 101 responses (recovery rate of 71.1%), it is shown that the experience of using IT in schools contributes to an educational effect, such as knowledge acquisition, expansion of thought and deeper comprehension of subjects. Furthermore the survey shows that the zest for living needed after school were also cultivated by IT education in the schools.