Thorne Primary School
Westwood

1. Hardware: High Tech
2. Connectivity: Low Tech
3. Content: Low Tech
4. Professional Development: Low Tech
5. Integration and Use: Low Tech

Based on an average of your responses, your school is at the Mid Tech level. 


Mid Tech Educational Benefits:
  • Improve higher-order critical thinking with access to multimedia content 
  • Master basic skills through drill and tutorial software 
  • Greater information resources available for research and education from Internet and CD-ROM 
  • Most students/teachers able to communicate with parents, experts, other students and teachers outside the school 

Summary of your answers:
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? (d) 100% or more of all instructional rooms and administrative offices are connected to the Internet
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? (a) VCRs, cable TV, projection devices, calculators
6 What forms do delivery and format of professional development take? (a) Trainer-led instruction
7 What percent of the technology budget is allocated to professional development? (b) 11-15%
8 What is the understanding and use of digital content by educators? (a) *100% at entry or adoption phase *A few use for lesson planning
13 What is the content budget allocation to purchase digital content? (a) Use some supplemental instructional materials funds only
9 Software format: (b) Receive information from CD-ROM and searchable, online content
10 What is the role of the role of educator and degree to which digital content is integrated into instruction? (b) *Teacher directed *Beginning to integrate into instruction
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? (a) *50% or more *Weekly
14 How does technology help student achievement and 21st century skills? (b) Demonstrate some improved mastery of 21st century skills
15 What percent of your school or district aligns standards, curriculum, assessment and/or uses technology for continuous improvement? (a) 25% align standards, curriculum and assessment using technology
16 What percent of your school or district integrates digital strategies into assessment and/or measures 21st century skills? (a) *25% or more beginning to integrate digital strategies into assessment *Limited to use of fixed answer format
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? (c) *Use technology to collect data and analyze results *Use technology for data driven decision making
20 How do parents and the community use technology? (a) *One-way access to school web page which communicates policies, standards and initiatives

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