You have a great opportunity to join with other educators as teachers
throughout the state do a School Technology Use for April 10th. This survey
will reveal actual technology use for a specified time in your school and
the state. We hope you join us.
Harry Tuttle, Bernie Tomasso, Linda Brandon
Strategic Action Team for Student Achievement, NYSCATE
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NYSCATE School Technology Use Day- April 10, 2002
The mission of the New York State Association for Computers and Technologies
in Education (NYSCATE) is to inspire and empower learning communities to
envision and implement technologies for the purpose of improving student
achievement. The strategic action plan for student research is promoting
this mission by creating a Technology Use Day to assess how much technology
New York State schools use at a specific time on a specific day. The data
collected by individual schools can serve as a starting point for each
school's reflection on technology use.
Rationale: Most studies about learning and technology in schools focus on
teachers' or administrators' perceptions of technology use; other studies
focus on how many machines there are in a building. This instrument measures
the actual technology use in schools during a fixed time period on a
specific day. This assessment will provide a starting point for a discussion
about the reality of technology use in our schools.
This instrument is been used with the permission of Dr. Harry Tuttle from
his book, Practical Assessments for Learning and Technology.
When: On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, during the time period of 10:00-11:0
a.m., people are to complete the technology use inventory in their
buildings. By doing the survey during this fixed time period, the data
becomes a very focused snapshot of use. We ask that no one starts any
projects specifically for the inventory. We further request that the results
of the survey be submitted by 4:00 p.m. of that day.
Who: One person will observe in each building
How:
Part 1:
Before observing, the person will estimate what percentage of the school is
using technology.
Part 2:
The person is not to pre-select any special classes but to select them on a
numerical basis:
If the person has 20 or fewer classrooms, the person will look in each
classroom.
If the person has from 21-40, the person will look in every other classroom.
If the person has from 41-60+, the person will look in every third
classroom.
If the person has from 61-80 the person will look in every fourth classroom.
If the person has from 81-100, the person will look in every fifth
classroom.
If a library or computer lab is one of the observed rooms, then the observer
counts it as one room with technology use or no technology use. Also, if a
room is empty, the observer moves on to the next numerical room, and does
not record anything. If the observed room does not have a class, but does
have either a teacher or students in it, then the observer records if
technology is being use, which technology, and by whom. If the room has no
technology in it, please note that with an X.
The person is to look in the classroom window for five seconds. If the
observer sees digital technology being used, the person marks down a one
(1). If not, the person marks down a zero (0).
If digital technology is being used, the observer writes down which digital
technology is being used such as computer, computer with projection or TV,
digital camera, probes attached to computer, CD player, graphing
calculators, DVD player, midi, or other (specify).
Non-digital technology includes such devices as VCR, regular overhead, movie
projector, cassette player, and older sewing machines.
The observer will also notice who is using the technology. If the teacher
is presenting information to the class, mark down a T, If a student or
students are using technology, mark down an S. If both teacher and students
are using technology, then mark a B.
New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education's
NYSCATE Technology Use Day ---April 10, 2002
Technology Use (1) or not (0) | Which technology | Who uses
Teacher Student Both
Class 1
Class 2
Class 3
Class 4
Class 5
Class 6
Class 7
Class 8
Class 9
Class 10
Class 11
Class 12
Class 13
Class 14
Class 15
Class 16
Class 17
Class 18
Class 19
Class 20
Total of technology using classes = _____
Total classes observed = ________
Technology using classes / total classes observed = ____ %
Count the Ts _____ Ss_____________ Bs_____________. Which is using it
the most? ___
Part 3:
Submit the results by 4:00 p.m. of April 10th at the online web site of .
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=8887496354
Part 4: Each school's results are private. Only the observer knows his or
her own school's data. After the observer enters the data, he or she views
up-to-that-moment total results for all the schools.
Part 5: NYSCATE would be interesting in hearing from any school about its
reflection on technology use. The school can email its comments and
reflections to hgtuttle@syr.edu with "Survey" in the header by May 15th.
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