Based on an average of your
responses, your school is at the High Tech level.
High Tech Educational Benefits:
| Questions: | Your answers: | |
| 1 | How many students per instructional computer? | (d) 1 student per instructional computer connected to the Internet |
| 2 | How long does it take to receive technical support? | (a) Takes several days |
| 3 | What percent of instructional rooms and administrative offices connected to the Internet? | (c) 75% or more |
| 4 | What is the quality of your school's connection to the Internet? | (d) Direct connectivity in all classrooms with adequate bandwidth to prevent delays |
| 5 | What is the use and availability of other forms of hardware technology? | (b) VCRs, cable TV, telephones, voicemail, projection devices, digital cameras, calculators |
| 6 | What forms do delivery and format of professional development take? | (b) *Trainer-led instruction *Embedded help within applications |
| 7 | What percent of the technology budget is allocated to professional development? | (c) 16-29% |
| 8 | What is the understanding and use of digital content by educators? | (c) 100% at appropriation phases |
| 13 | What is the content budget allocation to purchase digital content? | (c) Scrutinize entire budget as appropriate and shift funds from textbooks to acquire digital content |
| 9 | Software format: | (d) Full range of digital content and tools structured to support production and collaboration |
| 10 | What is the role of the role of educator and degree to which digital content is integrated into instruction? | (c) * Teacher facilitated in local or distant classrooms *Fully integrate into instruction and use for research, planning, multimedia presentations and simulations, and to correspond and communicate |
| 11 | Do the students employ digital content to enhance learning? | (a) Reinforce basic academic skills |
| 12 | What percentage of students are using digital content and what is their frequency of use? | (c) *100% *Use digital content daily, but activities are isolated by grade, disciplines, classes *30% or more have online course units available to expand opportunities |
| 14 | How does technology help student achievement and 21st century skills? | (d) Demonstrate improved student achievement and mastery of the full range of 21st century skills |
| 15 | What percent of your school or district aligns standards, curriculum, assessment and/or uses technology for continuous improvement? | (c) *100% align standards, curriculum and assessment using technology and report results *50% monitor and measure results to inform new instructional decisions |
| 16 | What percent of your school or district integrates digital strategies into assessment and/or measures 21st century skills? | (b) *50% or more integrate digital strategies into assessment *Measure 25% of 21st century skills *Experiment with additional formats including open ended and self-assessment tools |
| 17 | What percent of students has continuous access to technology? | (a) *Some students have access to technology to reinforce basic skills |
| 18 | How is research used? | (b) *50% review external research and apply appropriately *50% conduct internal research on program effectiveness *50% of schools use IT for planning *25% of teachers use IT in classrooms for ad hoc action |
| 19 | How do administrators use technology? | (d) *Use technology to set policies, procedures, analyze performance, report and communicate with constituencies *Use technology to manage continuous improvement |
| 20 | How do parents and the community use technology? | (b) *Limited access to two-way communications via email, and privacy-protected web tools, e.g., to obtain individual attendance & assessment data |
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