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1999 Missouri School District Computing Census

            Missouri Census of Technology School Building Census - 1999


Index

Planning

Training

Hardware

Internet Connectivity - Distance Learning

Technology Usage
 

PLANNING

1. Does your school have a technology plan? No (if no, then skip to #2) 83% Yes 17%

If yes:

A. Is the school plan part of the district plan? 96%Yes 4% No

B. Does your school technology plan cover the following? (check all that apply)

95% Hardware/peripherals 91% School computer software

80% Internal connections 66% Review requirement 93% Staff training

84% Curriculum integration 77% Maintenance of equipment

56% External connections 47% Capacity of the school’s electrical wiring

C. Is your school technology plan for: 5.7% 1 year 46% 2-4 years

48% 5 or more years

Year last revised: 1997 25% 1998 38% 1999 23% Other 14%

 2. Who was involved in developing, implementing and evaluating the school technology plan? (Check all that apply) 87% Technology team 88% Principal 91% Teachers 63% Parents 44% Instructional technology contact 80% Library media specialist

22% Curriculum consultant 30% Business representatives

18% Other (Please specify): See appendices

 3. Does your school have a school improvement plan? 95% Yes 5% No If yes, is technology a component? 99% Yes 1% No 4. Does your school partner with a business or higher education institution to support technology? 29% Yes 71% No If yes, who? See appendices
  TRAINING
 

5. Who is responsible for technical training and/or support of staff in your school? (Check all that apply)

82% District staff 24% School classified staff

51% School certified staff 32% Outside vendors

11% Contractor’s agreement 12% Regional centers/units 5% Students

3% Parents/community members <1% No one

 6. Please estimate the number of staff FTE responsible for the technical training and support needs of your building staff.* District-level staff: 2.3 Building-level staff: 1.0 *(school mean)
  7. Please rank your educational technology training priorities for this school’s faculty (1=high 2=medium 3=low): *
 
1=56% 2=29% 3=15% Basic computer operations 1=21% 2=42% 3=37% Hypermedia operations
1=44% 2=42% 3=15% Word processing 1=19% 2=41% 3=40% LAN applications/resources
1=15% 2=47% 3=38% Database applications  1=62% 2=30% 3= 8% Instructional delivery w/instructional technology
1=53% 2=40% 3= 7% Internet applications 1=61% 2=31% 3= 7% Curriculum development /education technology
1=37% 2=48% 3=15% Evaluating Internet information 1=60% 2=20% 3=21% Other (Please specify) see appendices

* May not sum to 100% due to rounding

8. Please rank the professional development needs of the building’s technical support staff (1=high 2=medium 3=low)*
 
1=41% 2=44% 3=14% Technology planning 1=64% 2=31% 3= 5% Curriculum integration
1=36% 2=35% 3=29% Network/wiring 1=29% 2=42% 3=29% Procurement
1=32% 2=47% 3=21% LAN applications 1=19% 2=52% 3=29% Database management
1=23% 2=45% 3=32% Budget planning 1=31% 2=50% 3=19% Community awareness
1=22% 2=37% 3=41% Distance learning

* May not sum to 100% due to rounding

9. How many hours per school year does your building offer or schedule professional development to

upgrade technology and computer skills in the following areas? (school mean hours)
Training
Administrators
Teachers
Introduction to operations
4.2 Hours
6.3 Hours
Using software applications
9.9 Hours
16.3 Hours
Using Internet resources
5.4 Hours
9.1 Hours
Curriculum integration
4.4 Hours
8.1 Hours
Teaching applications
3.3 Hours
7.9 Hours

 

10. Are teachers required to demonstrate technology skills for employment/continued employment with your school?

9% Yes 91% No If yes, how are they evaluated? (check all that apply) 47% Transcripts

39% Hands-on evaluation 34% Professional development hours

30% Other (please specify): See appendices
 
 

 11. Please estimate the percentage of principal(s), teachers, and technological support staff in your school at each skill level in terms of technology use.
 
Faculty/staff
Beginner %
Intermediate %
Advanced %
Principals
23%
62%
14%
Teachers
34%
50%
15%
Technology support staff
3%
24%
51%

 

12. During the current school year, how many days has your school scheduled for professional development activities where teachers can learn/upgrade their technology and computer skills? Mean=3.5

13. Compared with the 1998-99 school year, do you think the number of scheduled professional days for technology training will:

4% Decrease 42% Remain the same 54% Increase
  HARDWARE
 

14. Who is responsible for technical maintenance and/or support of hardware in your school? (Check all that apply)

85% District staff 27% School classified staff

47% School certified staff54% Outside vendors 22% Contractor agreement

2% Regional centers/units 7% Students 2% Parents/community members

<1% No one

 15. Please estimate the number of staff FTE responsible for the technological maintenance and support of hardware in your school. Staff FTE: 1.37

16. Please specify the number of computers, by type, that are currently in use in the following locations within your school: (state totals followed by per-room-type mean in parentheses)
 
Apple/Mac
Computer labs
Instruc-tional rooms
Library media center
Principal office(s)
Other locations
Apple II/Iie/GS
2,077 (1.1)
9,581 (5.1)
495 (0.3)
32 (0.0)
465 (0.2)
Mac 68000 or earlier
2,044 (1.1)
3,648 (1.9)
402 (0.21)
67 (0.0)
279 (0.1)
Mac 68020 or 68030 series
2,834 (1.0)
3,887 (2.0)
493 (0.3)
149 (0.1)
300 (0.2)
Mac 68040 series
3,179 (1.7)
4,636 (2.3)
558 (0.3)
237 (0.1)
357 (0.2)
EMATES
78 (0.0)
250 (0.1)
49 (0.0)
3 (0.0)
30 (0.0)
Power PC
6,033 (3.0)
7,426 (3.8)
1,382 (0.7)
377 (0.2)
512 (0.3)
Mac Powerbook
246 (0.1)
683 (0.3)
277 (0.1)
146 (0.1)
192 (0.1)
IMAC
843 (0.4)
746 (0.4)
152 (0.1)
72 (0.0)
43 (0.0)

 
 
PC compatible
Computer labs
Instruc-tional rooms
Library/media center
Principal office(s)
Other locations
386 or earlier
4,504 (2.4)
5,590 (3.0)
1,160 (0.6)
388 (0.2)
768 (0.4)
486
10,444 (5.5)
12,947 (6.7)
2,596 (1.4)
1,368 (0.8)
1,847 (1.0)
Pentium 586
10,558 (5.6)
13,145 (7.0)
3,029 (1.6)
2,098 (1.1)
1,705 (0.9)
Pentuim MMX
8,508 (4.3)
10,457 (5.3)
1,956 (1.0)
1,063 (0.5)
1,217 (0.6)
Pentium II
8,508 (4.3)
8,678 (4.3)
1,765 (0.9)
1,145 (0.6)
1,213 (0.6)
Pentium Pro (686)
620 (0.3)
609 (0.3)
147 (0.1)
72 (0.0)
114 (0.1)
PC laptop
339 (0.2)
955 (0.5)
394 (0.2)
373 (0.2)
608 (0.3)

17. How many personal computers in your school are running: : (state totals followed by per-school mean in parentheses)

(PC): Windows 3.1 or earlier 25,008 (13.4) Windows 95 78,203 (39.8)

Windows 98 10,985 (5.5) Windows NT 1,764 (.88)

(MAC): OS 7.5x 15,114 (7.5) OS 7.6x 6,998 (3.5) OS 7.8x or later 5,887 (2.9)

 18. Please indicate the number of computers in your school that are multimedia equipped : (state totals followed by per-school mean in parentheses)

23,723 (12.2) Macs 73,802 (37.5) PCs

19. Regarding your technology plan, how many computers will be purchased for your school during: (state totals followed by school mean in parentheses)

PCs : This school year? 14,187 (7.1) Next year? 16,845 (8.6)

Future years? 20,848 (11.1)

MACs: This school year? 2,528 (1.3) Next year? 3,241 (1.6)

Future years? 7,762 (3.9)
 
 

 20. Please indicate the number of rooms in the following locations, within your school. (state totals followed by per-school mean in parentheses)
 
Number of…
Computer labs
Instruc-tional rooms
Library media centers
Principal office(s)
Other
Total*
ROOMS total
2,824 (1.42)
49,936 (25.1)
2,025 (1.0)
3,902 (2.0)
5,571 (2.9)
62,767 (31.5)
ROOMS wired for the Internet
2,433 (1.2)
37,197 (18.7)
1,848 (.9)
3,433 (1.7)
4,260 (2.2)
49,109 (24.6)
ROOMS with one or more multimedia equipped computers 
2,187 (1.1)
25,957 (12.9)
1,511 (.8)
2,418 (1.2)
3,759 (1.9)
33,342 (16.6)
ROOMS with one or more multimedia equipped computers with direct connection to the Internet
2,034 (1.0)
23,155 (11.5)
1,376 (.7)
2,305 (1.1)
2,592 (1.3)
30,047 (14.9)
ROOMS with one or more multimedia equipped computers with direct connection to the Internet AND with a dedicated printer and a dedicated projection device
1,228 (.6)
6,512 (3.4)
648 (.3)
392 (.2)
438 (.2)
8649 (4.5)

* Totals may not add to sum of room types due to variations in calculation
 
 

21. Please indicate the number of computers in the following locations, within your school. (state totals

followed by per-school mean in parentheses)
Number of…
Computer labs
Instruc-tional rooms
Library media centers
Principal office(s)
Other
Total
Computers connected to the Internet
41,410 (21.2)
47,629 (24.3)
9,466 (4.8)
5,063 (2.6)
4,596 (2.4)
105,872 (53.7)
COMPUTERS multimedia equipped 
33,577 (17.3)
44,053 (22.4)
8.306 (4.3)
4,131 (2.1)
3,600 (1.9)
91,354 (46.5)

 

22. Please report the number of peripherals in your school. (state totals followed by per-school mean in parentheses)
 
A. CD-ROM networked
16,814 (8.6)
 L. Total color printers
21,510 (10.9)
B. Laserdisc players/DVD
3,885 (2.0)
 M. Graphing calculators
17,201 (8.7)
C. VCR units
29,074 (14.5)
 N. Scientific calculators
17,463 (8.8)
D. TV monitors
33,210 (16.7)
 O. Probeware
861 (0.4)
E. Scanners/digitizers
3,305 (1.7)
 P. Fax machines
1,982 (0.9)
F. Digital cameras
2,070 (1.0)
 Q. Alpha Smart laptop processors
3,961 (2.0)
G. Assistive/adaptive devices
1,005 (0.5)
 R. Interactive television
554 (0.3)
H. Computer projection devices
4,850 (2.5)
 S. Interactive whiteboards
174 (0.1)
I. Dot-matrix printers
16,437 (8.4)
 T. Satellite receiver
1,117 (0.6)
J. Inkjet printers
27,057 (13.6)
 U. Cable TV
16,323 (8.2)
K. Laser printers
7,914 (4.0)

 

INTERNET CONNECTIVITY – DISTANCE LEARNING

23. Does your school building have access to the Internet? 95% Yes 5% No

If yes, Who is your Internet provider? 87% MOREnet 11% Other (please specify):  See appendices 24. Does the school have a direct link (dedicated connection) to the Internet? 83% Yes 17% No

If yes, what is the bandwidth capacity? 75% T1 14% 56KB

1% Cable modem 9% Other (please specify): See appendices

 25. Does the school have dial-up links? 24% Yes 76% No If yes, how many modems, by speed, are in the school? (state totals followed by per-school mean in parentheses) 100 (.2) 14.4K 553 (1.3) 28.8K

318 (.7) 33.6K 3,498 (7.4) 56K

 26. How many dial-up computer lines are available in the school? (state total followed by school mean in parentheses) 2,185 (1.1) 27. If the school uses dial up links, where are you dialing to? (check all that apply) 46% District 28% MOREnet 17% Commercial

17% Other (please specify): See appendices
 
 

 28. Does your school currently have a local area network (LAN) ? 87% Yes 13% No If yes: A. How many computers are connected to the LAN in your building? Mean=63.6 per school B. Of the above computers, how many are servers? Mean=1.2 per school

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

22% Windows NT how many 377

19% Apple Share how many 338

68% NOVELLE how many 1182

8% Other (please specify) how many 138:   See appendices

 29. Is your school connected to another building in your district through a wide area network (WAN)? 62% Yes 38% No 30. Do students at your school use any of the following to participate in classes originating from remote sites? Check all that apply) 17% Satellite 9% Desktop technologies 25% Cable TV

11% Interactive TV (video classroom) 2% Compressed video

2% Other (please specify):   See appendices

 31. If you do not now have any distance learning programs, do you plan on any in the next 2 years? 19% Yes 81% No If yes, please indicate type: See appendices 32. Do you require parents’ signatures before students can access the Internet? 75%Yes 25% No 33. What proportion of students in your school have signed Internet acceptable use policies? 58% 34. Does your school currently use filtering software on your Internet-connected computers? 42% Yes 58% No If yes, A. On what percentage of your Internet connected computers 85%

B. If yes, what products (for instance, Cyber Patrol, Net Nanny, Surf Watch): See appendices
 

 TECHNOLOGY USAGE

35. Please estimate the number of administrators, teachers, and students in your school who routinely use the following applications.
 
Application Principal(s) (%) Teachers (%) Students (%)
A. Educational software
36.7%
69.1%
76.0%
B. E-mail
76.6%
60.1%
13.1%
C. Web browsing (Net surfing)
69.1%
60.7%
49.6%
D. Ebsco host or other educational database
21.4%
24.8%
21.6%
E. Electronic encyclopedia
20.6%
41.1%
47.6%

36. Please estimate the number of administrators, teachers, and students in your school who routinely use the computer for the following functions.
 
Functions Principal(s) (%) Teachers (%) Students (%)
A. Computer-generated presentations
25.8%
20.4%
18.3%
B. Writing assignments
64.5%
61.5%
57.8%
C. Research information collection
56.6%
53.5%
52.4%
D. Communicate with parents
53.0%
41.0%
5.1%
E. Lesson plan preparation
8.4%
41.7%
NA
F. Spreadsheet/database (student records)
61.0%
40.3%
NA
G. Keep track of student performance
48.8%
46.8%
NA
H. Communicate with DESE staff
40.6%
10.6%
NA
I. Instructional delivery and presentations
13.4%
20.2%
NA

 

37. Who is responsible for the leadership and support of teachers in your school in integrating

technology into the curriculum? 65% Technology coordinator 54% School administrator

9% RPDC 6% Outside vendors 36% Library/media specialist

16% Other (please specify):   See appendices

 38. What school information can be accessed from an outside location via the Internet? (check all that apply) 23% Schedules 6% Homework assignments/help 2% Report cards/attendance

43% Community information 60% Teacher/school information

15% Other (please specify) : See appendices

 39. What percent of Internet-connected computers in your school use a web browser at least as current as Netscape 4.0 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0? mean=61% of computers

40. Who uses the DESE web site? (http://services.dese.state.mo.us/)

77% Principals 67% Teachers 36% Support staff 5% Students

1% Other (please specify): See appendices
 
 

 41. What information and/or applications would you like to have available via the DESE web site? See appendices footer image including photo of student and teacher at computer

 
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