The 2000 Missouri School District Computing Census
Appendix B: Results of the 2000 Building-level Census of Technology
PLANNING:
1. Does your school have a technology plan? No (if no, then skip to #2)
86% Yes 14% No
If yes:
A. Is the school plan part of the district plan? 97% Yes 3% No
B. Does your school technology plan cover the following? (check all that apply)
96% Hardware/peripherals 94% School computer software
84% Internal connections 72% Review requirement 96% Staff training
89% Curriculum integration 83% Maintenance of equipment
56% External connections 53% Capacity of the school's electrical wiring
C. Is your school technology plan for: 4.8% 1 year 55.2% 2-4 years
40% 5 or more years
Year last revised: The modal response was "2000" at 40.5%
2. Who was involved in developing, implementing and evaluating the school technology plan? (Check all that apply)
89% Technology team 91% Principal 93% Teachers
67% Parents 49% Instructional technology contact
79% Library media specialist 25% Curriculum consultant
36% Business representatives 23% Other (Please specify): See appendix
3. Does your school have a school improvement plan?
97% Yes 3% 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?
31% Yes 69% No If yes, who? See appendix
TRAINING:
5. Who is responsible for technical training and/or support of staff in your school? (Check all that apply)
88% District staff 29% School classified staff
63% School certified staff 39% Outside vendors
15% Contractor's agreement 14% Regional centers/units 6% 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: 2.6 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=54% 2=30% 3=16% Basic computer operations |
1=22% 2=45% 3=33% Hypermedia operations |
| 1=46% 2=41% 3=14% Word processing |
1=21% 2=44% 3=34% LAN applications/resources |
| 1=16% 2=51% 3=33% Database applications |
1=65% 2=29% 3= 6% Instructional delivery w/instructional technology |
| 1=56% 2=37% 3= 6% Internet applications |
1=65% 2=29% 3= 6% Curriculum development /education technology |
| 1=40% 2=48% 3=12% Evaluating Internet information |
1=62% 2=19% 3=19% Other (Please specify) See appendix |
* 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=42% 2=43% 3=15% Technology planning |
1=69% 2=27% 3= 4% Curriculum integration |
| 1=33% 2=36% 3=31% Network/wiring |
1=26% 2=43% 3=31% Procurement |
| 1=34% 2=45% 3=21% LAN applications |
1=20% 2=51% 3=29% Database management |
| 1=24% 2=43% 3=33% Budget planning |
1=34% 2=48% 3=18% Community awareness |
| 1=22% 2=40% 3=38% 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 |
5.1 Hours |
7.5 Hours |
| Using software applications |
10.1 Hours |
15.1 Hours |
| Using Internet resources |
5.4 Hours |
9.6 Hours |
| Curriculum integration |
4.7 Hours |
9.9 Hours |
| Teaching applications |
4.1 Hours |
9.6 Hours |
10. Are teachers required to demonstrate technology skills for employment/continued employment with your school?
10% Yes 90% No
If yes, how are they evaluated? (check all that apply) 35% Transcripts
47% Hands-on evaluation 40% Professional development hours
34% Other (please specify): See appendix
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 (mean response).
|
Faculty/staff |
Beginner % |
Intermediate % |
Advanced % |
| Principals |
20% |
68% |
16% |
| Teachers |
31% |
51% |
17% |
| Technology support staff |
2% |
24% |
59% |
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:
2% Decrease 45% Remain the same 53% Increase
HARDWARE:
14. Who is responsible for technical maintenance and/or support of hardware in your school? (Check all that apply)
88% District staff 28% School classified staff
51% School certified staff 56% Outside vendors
23% Contractor agreement 3% Regional centers/units 9% Students
2% Parents/community members 0% No one
15. Please estimate the number of staff FTE responsible for the technological maintenance and support of hardware in your school.
Staff FTE: 1.6
16. Please specify the number of computers, by type, that are currently in use in the following locations within your school:
|
Apple/Mac |
Computer labs |
Instruc-tional rooms |
Library media center |
Principal office(s) |
Other locations |
| Apple II/Iie/GS |
1,777 |
8,119 |
323 |
17 |
383 |
| Mac 68000 or earlier |
1,669 |
3,708 |
340 |
55 |
187 |
| Mac 68020 or 68030 |
2,346 |
3,829 |
451 |
104 |
316 |
| Mac 68040 series |
2,697 |
5,223 |
532 |
231 |
425 |
| EMATES |
123 |
161 |
76 |
2 |
23 |
| Power PC |
5,529 |
9,091 |
1,480 |
435 |
530 |
| Mac Powerbook |
303 |
700 |
247 |
156 |
231 |
| IMAC |
3,354 |
2,493 |
431 |
157 |
137 |
| Total |
17,798 |
33,324 |
3,880 |
1,157 |
2,232 |
|
PC compatible |
Computer labs |
Instruc-tional rooms |
Library media center |
Principal office(s) |
Other locations |
| 386 or earlier |
3,083 |
4,601 |
753 |
187 |
627 |
| 486 |
8,560 |
11,644 |
1,969 |
859 |
1,326 |
| Pentium 586 |
11,064 |
14,657 |
3,220 |
1,848 |
1,847 |
| Pentuim MMX |
9,420 |
12,597 |
2,238 |
1,091 |
1,366 |
| Pentium II |
16,309 |
20,750 |
3,600 |
2,375 |
2,528 |
| Pentium Pro (686) |
2,466 |
2,201 |
539 |
280 |
359 |
| PC laptop |
619 |
1,504 |
502 |
459 |
1,025 |
| Total |
51,521 |
67,954 |
12,821 |
7,099 |
9,078 |
17. How many personal computers in your school are running:
(PC): Windows 3.1 or earlier 17,180 Windows 95 84,439
Windows 98 31,284 Windows NT 4,527 (MAC): OS 7.5x 15,783
OS 7.6x 8,695 OS 7.8x or later 11,474
18. Please indicate the number of computers in your school that are multimedia equipped :
30,228 Macs 104,052 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? 18,109 Next year? 24,307
Future years? 24,853
MACs: This school year? 3,381 Next year? 5,458
Future years? 6,475
20. Please indicate the number of rooms in the following locations, within your school. *
|
Number of. |
Computer labs |
Instruc-tional rooms |
Library media centers |
Principal office(s) |
Other |
Total* |
| ROOMS total |
3,042 |
53,223 |
2,050 |
4,871 |
6,301 |
67,605 |
| ROOMS wired for the Internet |
2,823 |
43,787 |
1,941 |
4,133 |
5,246 |
56,584 |
| ROOMS with one or more multimedia equipped computers |
2,675 |
35,884 |
1,853 |
3,455 |
4,965 |
46,444 |
| ROOMS with one or more multimedia equipped computers with direct connection to the Internet |
2,511 |
32,696 |
1,686 |
3,376 |
4,134 |
46,661 |
| ROOMS with one or more multimedia equipped computers with direct connection to the Internet AND with a dedicated printer and a dedicated projection device |
1,226 |
7,534 |
658 |
423 |
501 |
9,945 |
* These totals supplied by the schools.
21. Please indicate the number of computers in the following locations, within your school.*
|
Number of. |
Computer labs |
Classrooms |
Library media centers |
Principal office(s) |
Other |
Total |
| Computers connected to the Internet |
52,594 |
67,259 |
12,181 |
6,242 |
6,945 |
145,221 * |
| COMPUTERS multimedia equipped |
45,440 |
63,417 |
11,271 |
5,510 |
5,852 |
131,490 * |
* These totals calculated by summing cols 1-5.
Note that on summary reports we use figures only for "Intstructional" computers which includes
only the first 3 columns.
22. Please report the number of peripherals in your school. (state totals followed by per-school mean in parentheses)
|
A. CD-ROM networked |
21,651 |
L. Total color printers |
28,621 |
| B. Laserdisc players/DVD |
5,026 |
M. Graphing calculators |
20,334 |
| C. VCR units |
32,608 |
N. Scientific calculators |
21,919 |
| D. TV monitors |
38,475 |
O. Probeware |
1,102 |
| E. Scanners/digitizers |
4,332 |
P. Fax machines |
2,165 |
| F. Digital cameras |
3,025 |
Q. Alpha Smart laptop processors |
4,979 |
| G. Assistive/adaptive devices |
1,190 |
R. Interactive televisions |
577 |
| H. Computer projection devices |
5,750 |
S. Interactive whiteboards |
462 |
| I. Dot-matrix printers |
15,031 |
T. satellite receivers |
1,171 |
| J. Inkjet printers |
33,786 |
U. Cable TV |
18,704 |
| K. Laser printers |
10,251 |
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INTERNET CONNECTIVITY - DISTANCE LEARNING:
23. Does your school building have access to the Internet?
97% Yes 3% No
If yes, Who is your Internet provider?
91% MOREnet 8% Other (please specify):See appendix
24. Does the school have a direct link (dedicated connection) to the Internet?
89% Yes 11% No
If yes, what is the bandwidth capacity? (N, followed by percentage of those having direct links)
1,386 (79%) T1 166 (9%) 56KB
13 (1%) Cable modem 190 (11%) Other (please specify): See appendix
25. Does the school have dial-up links?
22% Yes 78% No
If yes, how many modems, by speed, are in the school? (percentages of those having dial-up links)
1% 14.4K 9% 28.8K 9% 33.6K 79% 56K
26. How many dial-up computer lines are available in the school? (state total followed by school mean in parentheses)
1,855 (.94 per school)
27. If the school uses dial up links, where are you dialing to? (check all that apply)
47% District 26% MOREnet 17% Commercial
20% Other (please specify): See appendix
28. Does your school currently have a local area network (LAN) ?
91% Yes 9% No
If yes: A. How many computers are connected to the LAN in your building?
Mean=77.9 per school
B. Of the above computers, how many are servers? Mean=1.4 per school
C. What operating system does your server(s) use? (Check all that apply and indicate how many)
25% Windows NT how many 471
18% Apple Share how many 344
65% NOVELLE how many 1233
9% Other (please specify) how many 181: See appendix
29. Is your school connected to another building in your district through a wide area network (WAN)?
67% Yes 33% No
30. Do students at your school use any of the following to participate in classes originating from remote sites? (Check all that apply)
16% Satellite 9% Desktop technologies 25% Cable TV
13% Interactive TV (video classroom) 2% Compressed video
3% Other (please specify): See appendix
31. If you do not now have any distance learning programs, do you plan on any in the next 2 years?
22% Yes 78% No
If yes, please indicate type: See appendix
32. Do you require parents' signatures before students can access the Internet?
80%Yes 20% No
33. What proportion of students in your school have signed Internet acceptable use policies?
Mean= 67%
34. Does your school currently use filtering software on your Internet-connected computers?
55% Yes 45% No
If yes,
A. On what percentage of your Internet connected computers 91%
B. If yes, what products (for instance, Cyber Patrol, Net Nanny, Surf Watch): See appendix
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 |
39% |
72% |
78% |
| B. E-mail |
85% |
69% |
15% |
| C. Web browsing (Net surfing) |
78% |
69% |
55% |
| D. Ebsco host or other educational database |
25% |
29% |
25% |
| E. Electronic encyclopedia |
22% |
45% |
49% |
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 |
29% |
24% |
22% |
| B. Writing assignments |
68% |
66% |
61% |
| C. Research information collection |
62% |
59% |
57% |
| D. Communicate with parents |
58% |
46% |
6% |
| E. Lesson plan preparation |
9% |
47% |
NA |
| F. Spreadsheet/database (student records) |
66% |
45% |
NA |
| G. Keep track of student performance |
54% |
52% |
NA |
| H. Communicate with DESE staff |
49% |
13% |
NA |
| I. Instructional delivery and presentations |
18% |
26% |
NA |
37. Who is responsible for the leadership and support of teachers in your school in integrating technology into the curriculum?
75% Technology coordinator 63% School administrator
12% RPDC 7% Outside vendors 42% Library/media specialist
21% Other (please specify): See appendix
38. What school information can be accessed from an outside location via the Internet? (check all that apply)
29% Schedules 11% Homework assignments/help
3% Report cards/attendance 51% Community information
69% Teacher/school information 20% Other (please specify) : See appendix
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=80% of computers
40. Who uses the DESE web site? (http://services.dese.mo.gov/)
86% Principals 77% Teachers 42% Support staff
5% Students 12% Other (please specify): See appendix
41. What information and/or applications would you like to have available via the DESE web site?
(See appendix)
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