| 1 |
How many students per instructional computer? |
(a) More than 10 |
| 2 |
How long does it take to receive technical support? |
(b) Takes place next day |
| 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? |
(c) Wide variety of VCRs, cable TV, telephones, voicemail, random access video, projection devices, digital cameras, scanners, portals, personal digital assistants, two way video conferencing, 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? |
(d) 30% |
| 8 |
What is the understanding and use of digital content by educators? |
(b) *100% at adaptation phases
*Some begin to use with students |
| 13 |
What is the content budget allocation to purchase digital content? |
(a) Use some supplemental instructional materials funds only |
| 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? |
(a) * Teacher centered
*Supplement instruction with digital content |
| 11 |
Do the students employ digital content to enhance learning? |
(c) Use for research, to solve problems, to analyze data, to collaborate and to correspond with experts and to become content producers |
| 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? |
(b) *50% align standards, curriculum and assessment and report results
*25% 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? |
(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? |
(a) Schools inconsistently apply ad hoc research |
| 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? |
(a) *One-way access to school web page which communicates policies, standards and initiatives |
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