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Although technology use goes beyond the classroom computer, its
increased availability in the classroom, connection to the Internet
and ability to provide instruction in alternate formats make it
a prime classroom tool.
How technology-ready
are schools?
Several resources(pdf) were used
to provide a picture of technology availability and use in today's
classrooms.
Computer
Availability and Use - The ratio of students to computers is 5 to
1- up from 6 to 1 in 1999
- 99% of schools have computers
- 66% of
teachers use computers for classroom instruction
School Internet
Access - The ratio of students to computers with Internet access
is 7 to 1- up from 9 to 1 in 1999
- 98% of schools now have some sort of
access to the Internet, someplace in their building
- Internet Connections types;
- 77% of instructional rooms have Internet access
Teacher
Use of the Internet - 59% have Internet access at home
- 39%
of teachers with access to computers + Internet use them to create instructional
materials and administrative record keeping.
- 68% use the Internet to find
information resources for use in their lessons (equal home+school use)
- 28%
do this on a weekly basis
- 30% expect students to use the Internet for
information gathering ("web searches")
- 66% use it
for class time instruction
| By the Numbers: Internet Usage as a Teaching Aid |
Teacher Training
- 90% have had some computer training.
- 23% feel "very well prepared" and 10% more feel "prepared"
to use technology (computers/Internet) effectively
- These teachers have more teaching experience and 32 hours+
of professional development
- Need more training and support
- in Multi-media and Internet use.
- Less than 30% of schools have a full-time education technology
coordinator.
Resources
NCES Report:
Internet Use (OERI: May, 2001)
Neilsen
Ratings Becker, Henry Jay (1999). Internet
Use By Teachers. Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations.
Guerard, Elizabeth B. (11/13/00) Quality
Education Data: Teacher internet use grows more sophisticated.
eSchool News. Teaching
Learning and Computing Reports | 
