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20.) Does your SCHOOL building have access to the Internet?

Yes 90%

No 10%

21.) Who is your Internet service provider? 78%MOREnet 12%Other (Please Specify) See Appendix for listing

 

22.) Does the SCHOOL have a direct link?

Yes 71%

No 23%

No Response 6%

 

If yes, what is the bandwidth capacity?

43% T1 18%56Kb 3% Cable Modem 6%Other (Please Specify)

 

23.) Does the SCHOOL have a dial-up link?

 

# of schools

# of modems

14.4bps modems

24

156

28.8bps modems

95

640

#of dial-up lines

891 (reported by 140 schools)

24.) If the SCHOOL uses a dial-up link, to where are you dialing ? (Check ALL that apply)

10%District 10%MOREnet 6% Commercial 6%Other (Please Specify) See Appendix for list

 

25.) Does your SCHOOL currently have a LAN (local area network)?

Yes 80%

No 17%

No Response 4%

If Yes,

A. How many computers are connected to the LAN? 62,964

B. What operating system does your server(s) use? (Check ALL that apply and indicate how many.)

Percent of Schools

Type of Server

Total # of Servers

Percent of Total

3%

UNIX

43

0.5%

13%

Windows NT

781

10%

17%

Apple Share

2,447

31%

58%

NOVELL

4,462

57%

3%

LANtastic

113

1%

 

TOTAL

7,846

100%

3%

Other (Please Specify)

See Appendix for listing

26.) Is your SCHOOL connected to another building in your district through a WAN (wide area network)?

Yes 49%

No 44%

No Response 6%

 

 

27.) Do students in your SCHOOL use any of the following to participate in classes originating from remote sites?

(Check ALL that apply)

15%Satellite 6%Desktop technologies 7%(Interactive TV (Video Classroom)

1%Compressed Video 19%Cable TV 1%Other (Please Specify) See Appendix for listing

 

 

28.) Has your SCHOOL participated in a NetDay?

Yes 9%

No 89%

No Response 3%

If Yes, A. How many volunteers helped? Up to 35 (96% No Response) On average there were 8 volunteers

B. How many rooms were wired? Up to 56 (96% NR) On average 9 rooms.

29.) Do you require parents’ signatures before students can access the Internet?

Yes 68%

No 26%

No Response 7%

30.) What proportion of students in your SCHOOL have signed Internet acceptable use policies?

On average 61% of students have signed Internet acceptable use policies.

30% of the schools report that over half of their students have signed an AUP.

 

31.) Does your SCHOOL currently use any Internet filtering software on your Macs or PCs

(For example, Cyber Patrol, SurfWatch)?

Yes 18%

No 76%

No Response 8%

If Yes, what percent of your Internet connected computers

No Response 89%

100% of the computers 7%

Average 85%

 

 

 
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