New Hampshire SCHOOL

SCHOOLSCHOOl Technology Survey 2006-07

This survey report is available for download at www.nheon.org/oet. 

Questions? Send an email to chiggins@ed.state.nh.us

This survey was administered as an online survey between 1/5/07 and 2/28/07. Requests to complete the survey were sent to all district technology coordinators as well as federal technology grant project managers in New Hampshire. A total of 421 out of 475 (89%) school building surveys were received and analyzed to create this report. (NOTE: Seven responses represented sets of two schools combined in the same building.)

 

The New Hampshire Department of Education (NHDOE) relies on this survey data to evaluate the extent to which the state and its schools are effectively implementing technology programs and to inform decisions about future grant funding priorities. For questions about this report, contact Cathy Higgins at the NHDOE Office of Educational Technology at chiggins@ed.state.nh.us or 603-271-2453.

 

The School Tech Survey contains five sections. A companion DISTRICT tech survey was also conducted.

 

THIS REPORT ŕ Hardware

                                                             - Connectivity and Networks

                                                             - Service & Support

                                                             - ICT Literacy

                                                             - Professional Development

General

 

E

K-8

MS

MS/HS

HS

K-12

414 total schools responded (87%)

231

43

69

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Technology Access: Hardware

Computers All Levels

Please indicate below the number of multimedia computers of each type in use in your school building for INSTRUCTIONAL purposes. DO NOT include computers that are older than Level C. Fill in all boxes. Count the number of school computers located in labs, media centers, classrooms, special education, vocational centers, and on mobile lab carts available for student use. DO NOT include computers used largely for ADMINISTRATIVE purposes.

1.      How many Macintosh computers do you have for instruction at each level? 

Level C

Mac G3 running OS8-9 or OSX

4,509

Level D

Mac G4 booting in OS9

873

Level E

Mac G4 or better booting in OSX

7,033

Total Mac computers statewide:      12,415 (24%)

2.      How many PC computers do you have for instruction at each level?

Level C

PC Pentium II w/ Windows 95/98 or Linux

2,130

Level D

PC P III w/ Windows 98/2000 or Linux

7,658

Level E

PC P IV or better w/ Win2000/XP or Linux

26,877

Total PC computers statewide:   36,665 (71%)

3.      How many Thin Client computers do you have for instruction? (Thin Client running Citrix Windows or Linux)

 

Total Think Client computers statewide:    2,226 (4%)

TOTAL COMPUTERS STATEWIDE:      

51,306

Instructional Rooms and Locations of Instructional Computers

4.      How many instructional rooms, including classrooms, library, computer labs, etc., are in your building?

12,334

* Average 30 instructional rooms per school

5.      How many MOBILE LABS with computers are in your building, if any? (NOTE: Please count each lab cart, but not individual computers.)

492

* 261 schools have at least one mobile lab.

* Average 2 mobile labs per school

6.      Please indicate the total number of computers (combine all Levels C, D, E, thin client) located in each instructional area listed below and available for student use:

Laptop computers on mobile lab carts:

8,519

Computers in (fixed) instructional labs:

14,107

Computers in media centers:

3,745

Computers dedicated to students w special needs:

2,143

Computers dedicated to reg’l career / tech center:

1,715

Computers for Teachers’ Professional Use

7.      Please indicate how many teachers in your school have been provided with a computer for their professional use (i.e., to prepare classroom materials and engage in professional development)?

3,658 = Number of teachers with desktop computers

8,530 = Number of teachers with laptop computers

Digital Presentation Tools

8.      How many of each type of digital presentation tool is available for use in your school?

Digital data / LCD projectors:

2,279

Video conferencing units (e.g., Tandberg, PictureTel, Zydacron)

75

Large monitors (i.e., 32” or larger)

940

Electronic whiteboards (e.g., Smartboard, Mimeo)

382

Classrooms with access to cable TV

7,860

Digital Handheld Tools

9.     How many of each type of digital handheld tool is available for use by students in your school?

Digital cameras (still images, may have limited video capacity):

2,043

Digital Video cameras

907

Image scanners

1,112

Portable digital media players (e.g., iPods, MP3, play-aways, archos)

285

Portable keyboards (e.g., Alphasmarts) (not laptop computers)

4,271

PDA / Handhelds (e.g., Palm, Handspring)

785

Global Positioning System (GPS Units)

398

Robotics kits (e.g., Lego, Vex)

991

Digital microscopes

330

Graphing calculators

5,440

Calculator Based Labs (CBLs) for use with graphing calculators

428

Data collection tools (e.g., sensors and probes)

2,136

Data collection interfaces/loggers (e.g., Vernier LabPros, Hobo Loggers)

728

Other digital tools not listed above

415