1. Hardware: High Tech
2. Connectivity: Mid Tech
3. Content: Mid Tech
4. Professional Development: Mid Tech
5. Integration and Use: Mid Tech
Long Elementary is at the Mid Tech level.
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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
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Long Elementary answers:
1 How many students per instructional computer? (c) 5 or less
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?
(c) *Direct connectivity in most classrooms *Adequate bandwidth
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? (b) *100% at adaptation phases *Some begin to use with students
9 Software format: (c) Manipulatable digital content and tools available commercially and on the Web
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? (b) Use for research, communications and presentations
12 What percentage of students are using digital content and what is their frequency of use? (a) *50% or more *Weekly
13 What is the content budget allocation to purchase digital content? (a) Use some supplemental instructional materials funds only
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? (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? (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? (c)
*Can access digital content at times other than school hours *75% or more
of
students use technology to develop 21st century 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