New Hampshire School Technology Survey
Results 2003-04

This document presents aggregate data collected during the 2003-04 school year from New Hampshire K-12 public schools. This survey is designed to be a comprehensive assessment of the overall technology climate within a school building.

Introduction

1. Schools Responding:

358 out of 477 public schools, grades K-12

Representing 168,197 out of 205,196 students (82%)

2. School website address:

343 (96%) provided school websites, with the remainder indicating they had no website.

Technology Access

3. Number of classrooms in the school building (This includes special education classrooms, but not media centers, labs, offices, etc.)

10,371 classrooms in 358 schools

4. Number of classrooms in question above with internet access

9,620 classrooms with web access

5 through 10. How many CD/Multimedia computers of each type does your school building have? 

Fill in all boxes. Please include all school computers (administrative, classroom, lab and library). Note that levels D and E were combined in last year's survey.

32,306 computers in classrooms, library media, and labs (does not include computers for administrators)

State average = 5.2 students per computer

Level

Mac

PC

Total

Level C: Pentium II/Mac G3, 32-64 Mb RAM, Win 95 or 98/Mac OS 8.x

4,978

7,040

12,018

Level D: Pentium III/Mac G4, 64-256 Mb RAM, Win 98 or 2000/Mac OS 9.x

2,618

10,745

13,363

Level E: Pentium IV/Mac G5 or better, 256 Mb RAM or better, Win 2000 or XP/Mac OS 10.x or better

1,247

8,884

10,131

Totals:

8,843

26,669

35,512

11. Total number of C level or higher computers in labs.

11,792

12. Total number of C level or higher computers in media centers

2,978

13. Total number of C level or higher computers for administration purposes only

3,206

14. Total number of C level or higher dedicated to students with special needs

1,577

15. Total number of C level or higher computers dedicated to a regional vocational center

970

16. What other digital tools are used in your school?

Cable Television

170

Graphing Calculators

122

Digital Cameras

216

Global Positioning Units

24

Digital Video Camcorders

213

PDAs (e.g., Palm, Handspring, etc.)

91

Drives CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW

311

Robotics Kits (e.g., Lego Logo)

78

LCD Projectors

309

Science Tools (e.g., probes, microscopes)

159

Interactive Whiteboards (e.g., Smartboard)

79

Scanners

304

Synchronous, Multi-point Video Conferencing Units (e.g., Zydacron, PictureTel)

12

Keyboard tools (e.g., Alpha Smarts, Dream Writer)

208

Telephone Access within Classrooms

175

Mobile Computer Labs

155

17. Please provide additional information about the use of any of these tools that demonstrates the impact on student achievement in your school. Please indicate which tool and/or software as well as the grade level impacted.

Connectivity & Networking

18. What type of connection do the majority of the instructional rooms in your building have?

Not applicable / No connection

3

ISDN

9

Dial-up access

4

T1

144

56Kb Internet Access

34

Cable

136

Other

27

(none answered ATM or satellite)

19. What networking system does your school use?

Not applicable - no network

7

Novelle

47

Appleshare

55

Unix

21

NT

236

Other

51

20. What is the name of your Internet Service Provider?

Communications

21. Does your school provide email accounts for your students?         

Yes = 15

No = 341

22. Does your school allow students to check individual student web-based email accounts, such as Yahoo or Hotmail accounts, at school?

Yes = 54

No = 303

23. Does your school allows student email communication using a teacher's email account?

Yes = 158

No = 197

24. Does your school provide group email accounts to students for class projects?

Yes = 167   

No = 188

25. Does your school provide email accounts for all staff?

Yes = 334

No = 21

26. Is there a district policy or expectation for teachers to conduct school business via email (e.g., First Class)?

Yes = 243

No = 110

27. Does your school provide remote access for any of the following?

Students have access to their school email = 21
Students have access to their school server documents = 26

Teachers have access to their school email = 289
Teachers have access to their school server documents = 56

28. Is your school filtering Internet content? Please check all that apply.

The district has made the decision not to use software or hardware filters = 13
While there has been no district decision on filtering,
   we currently do not have a software or hardware filter = 5
We use CSM Proxy = 13
We use Cyberpatrol = 16
We use Microsoft Proxy = 49
We use Net Nanny = 0
We use Netscape Proxy = 1
We use Sonic Wall = 122
We use Surfwatch = 12
Internet Service Provider (ISP) does the filtering = 5
We use WebSense = 46
Other = 148

29. If you filter, do you retain the log files?

Yes = 224

No = 110

30. Please indicate whether your school is using distance learning via email correspondence.

Check all that apply.

No = 217

Yes, for students = 47

Yes, for staff = 119

31. Please indicate whether your school is using distance learning using Internet content (e.g., Connected University). Check all that apply.

No = 158

Yes, for students = 32

Yes, for staff = 188

32. Please indicate whether your school is using one to one, two-way, real time video conferencing for distance learning (e.g., CUSeeMe, i-chat). Check all that apply.

No = 314

Yes, for students = 14

Yes, for staff = 34

33. Please indicate whether your school is using synchronous, multi-point (one to many or many to many), real-time video conferencing (e.g., GSDLN) distance learning. Check all that apply.

No = 338

Yes, for students = 13

Yes, for staff =16

Service & Support

34. How does your school deal with the technical maintenance and/or technical support of hardware? Check all that apply. Please use this question to respond to issues of hardware maintenance, but use other questions to respond to issues of staff technology skills and effective use of software in the educational setting. Do not include personnel committed to full-time teaching, except in the first response.

Support provided by staff and students without specific compensation
School has part-time, for technology only, contracted services
School has full-time, for technology only, contracted services
School has a part-time, for technology only, in-school, technical support person on staff
School has at least one full-time, for technology only, in-school, technical support person on staff
School has a program for providing technical support by students
School technology support is provided by district personnel who are servicing multiple buildings

35. How does your school provide staff support for effectively using applications software? Check all that apply.

Support provided by staff and students without specific compensation
School has part-time, for technology only, contracted services
School has full-time, for technology only, contracted services
School has a part-time, for technology only, in-school, technical support person on staff
School has at least one full-time, for technology only, in-school, technical support person on staff
School has a program for providing technical support by students
School technology support is provided by district personnel who are servicing multiple buildings

36. How does your school provide staff support for applying curriculum integration strategies? Check all that apply.

Support provided by staff and students without specific compensation
School has part-time, for technology only, contracted services
School has full-time, for technology only, contracted services
School has a part-time, for technology only, in-school, technical support person on staff
School has at least one full-time, for technology only, in-school, technical support person on staff
School has a program for providing technical support by students
School technology support is provided by district personnel who are servicing multiple buildings

37. Are the majority of support services (i.e., hardware, applications, integration) provided by the same person?

Yes = 215                 No = 138

Professional Development

38. Does your school provide teachers with regular out-of-class preparation time during their scheduled day for learning and professional development growth opportunities including the integration of technology?

Yes = 218                No = 127

39. What percent of your teachers are at LoTi stages 0, 1, or 2?

Zero = 22
under 30% = 40
31% to 80% = 180
over 81% = 82

40. What percent of your teachers are at LoTi stages 3, 4a, or 4b?

Zero = 31
under 30% = 210
31% to 80% = 80
over 81% = 0

41. What percent of your teachers are at LoTi stages 5 or 6?

Zero = 147
under 30% = 146
31% to 80% = 31
over 81% = 2

Which district-provided technology related professional development did your teachers participate in during the previous academic year to meet the following learning objectives:

42. Increasing knowledge and skill of technology operations and concepts: (Check all that apply)

District on-site PD = 319
Local Educational Support Centers = 87
Connected University online courses = 131
MarcoPolo content and training = 76
Intel training = 54
NHSTE Workshops = 110
McAuliffe Technology Conference = 233
Other = 77

43. Planning and designing learning environments and experiences supported by technology (Check all that apply)

District on-site PD = 305
Local Educational Support Centers = 80
Connected University online courses = 116
MarcoPolo content and training = 60
Intel training = 48
NHSTE Workshops = 99
McAuliffe Technology Conference = 201

Other = 74

44. Implementing curriculum plans with methods and strategies for applying technology (Check all that apply)

District on-site PD = 302
Local Educational Support Center = 80

Connected University online courses = 103
MarcoPolo content and training = 56
Intel training = 46
NHSTE Workshops = 85
McAuliffe Technology Conference = 188

Other = 78

45. Facilitating assessment and evaluation strategies with technology resources (Check all that apply)

District on-site PD = 264
Local Educational Support Center = 69
Connected University online courses = 89
MarcoPolo content and training = 37
Intel training = 36
NHSTE Workshops = 75
McAuliffe Technology Conference = 148

Other = 76

46. Enhancing productivity and professional practice with technology (Check all that apply)

District on-site PD = 283
Local Educational Support Center = 72
Connected University online courses = 95
MarcoPolo content and training = 46
Intel training = 42
NHSTE Workshops = 80
McAuliffe Technology Conference = 175
Other = 76

47. Applying social, ethical, legal, and human issues of technology use in practice (Check all that apply)

District on-site PD = 249
Local Educational Support Center = 59
Connected University online courses = 69
MarcoPolo content and training = 32
Intel training = 34
NHSTE Workshops = 65
McAuliffe Technology Conference = 149
Other = 55

Please indicate approximately how many of your teachers participated in training with each of the types of providers:

48. District on-site PD

None = 17     Few = 55   Several = 89    Many = 90   Most = 101

49. Local Ed Support Center

None = 212   Few = 76   Several = 39    Many = 11   Most = 5

50. Connected University online courses

None = 172   Few = 137  Several = 37   Many = 0   Most = 0

51. MarcoPolo Content and Training

None = 233   Few = 75   Several = 30   Many = 5   Most = 2

52. Intel Training

None = 277   Few = 32   Several = 22   Many = 9   Most = 3

53. NHSTE Workshops

None = 185   Few = 127   Several = 30   Many = 1   Most = 0

54. McAuliffe Technology Conference

None = 91   Few = 191   Several = 62    Many = 4   Most = 0

Data Management

55. What student information system software do you use for tracking enrollment?

None used or done without computers = 14
Applied Educational Systems (AES) = 16
Campus America, e.g., Jenzabar, Poise
Custom spreadsheet or database, (e.g., Access, Excel, Filemaker Pro) = 5

MacSchool = 41
MMS = 104
Nordex = 15
OSIRIS = 8
Power School = 22
Rediker, e.g., Administrators Plus, School Administrator, Odyssey = 40
SASSY = 17
WinSchool = 47
Other = 23

56. Is your library on an automated system? If "yes" please indicate the product.

Not automated = 84
Follett = 76
Winnebago = 105
Other = 87

57. Tell us any additional information about school technology which you believe is important for the NH Department of Education to know.