The 2001 Missouri School District Computing Census
D. Kent King Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Commissioner of Education P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0480
N = 2253 http://www.dese.mo.gov/
Missouri Census of Technology |
SCHOOL Building Census Form |
Please complete this census form to reflect building status as of March 1.
It is recommended that you make a copy of the completed census for your files.
If you have questions, please call (573) 751-8247 or e-mail: instrtech@dese.mail.mo.gov
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TECHNOLOGY PLANNING |
1.) Does your school building have a technology plan? _1879 (84%) yes _374 (17%) no (If no, skip to #2)
If yes,
A. Is the school plan part of the district plan? _ 1929 (86%) yes _324 (14%) no
B. Does your School building technology plan cover the following? (Check ALL that apply)
83%Hardware/Peripherals 81%_School Computer Software 73%_Internal Connections
65%_Review Requirement 82%_Staff Training 78% Curriculum Integration
73%_Maintenance of Equipment 48% External Connections 47% Capacity of the School’s Electrical Wiring
_8% Assistive technology devices and services
C. Is your district technology plan for: 3%_ 1 year _52% 2–4 years 34% 5 or more years.
Year plan last revised 2000 (over 50%)
2.) Who was involved in developing, implementing and evaluating the school building technology plan? (Check ALL
that apply)
81%Technology Team 85%_Principal 85%Teachers
51%Instructional Technology Contact 32%_Business Representatives 61% Parents
73%Library Media Specialist 25% Curriculum Staff / Consultant
Other: 5% Students, 1% District Administration
3.) Does your school building have a Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP)? 1914 (85%) yes
339 (15%) no
If yes, is technology a component? 75% yes 25% no
4.) Does your school “partner” with a business or higher education institution to support technology? 659 (29%) yes
71%_no
If yes, who? 418 Colleges/Universities, 190 Technology-related business, 136 Other business/industry,
42 Public entities
TECHNOLOGY TRAINING |
5.) Who is responsible for technical training and/or support of staff in your school building? (Check ALL that apply)
91%District Staff 33% School Classified Staff 68% School Certificated Staff
48%Outside Vendor(s) 16%_Contractors Agreement 19% Regional Centers/RPDC’s
7%_Students 4%__Parents/Community Members 1% No One
6.) Please estimate the number of staff FTE responsible for technical training and support needs of you school
building’s staff.
District-level staff _7337 total (3.25 average) Building-level staff _1818 total (.8 average)
7.) Please rank your educational technology training priorities for this school building’s faculty. (1=high 2=medium
3=low)
1=53% 2=32% 3=15% Basic Computer Operations 1=19% 2=45% 3=36%Hypermedia Operations
1=41% 2=48% 3=12% Evaluating INTERNET Information 1=45% 2=41% 3=14%Word Processing
1=22% 2=43% 3=37% LAN Applications/Resources 1=68% 2=27% 3=5%Instructional Delivery w/Instr. Tech.
1=18% 2=50% 3=32%Database Applications 1=47% 2=45% 3=8%INTERNET Applications
1=60% 2=35% 3=5% Curriculum Develop. w/Education Tech. 1=13% 2=45% 3=42% Assistive technology
training
Other: E-mail operations, multimedia _
8.) Please rank the professional development needs of the school building’s technical support staff? (1=high
2=medium 3=low)
1=43% 2=42% 3=15%Technology Planning 1=33% 2=34% 3=35%Network/Wiring
1=27% 2=42% 3=31%Procurement 1=70% 2=26% 3=4%Curriculum Integration
1=25% 2=44% 3=31%Budget Planning 1=20% 2=52% 3=28% Database Management
1=34% 2=48% 3=18%Community Awareness/PR 1=36% 2=43% 3=21%LAN applications
1=20% 2=41% 3=40%Distance Learning
9.) How many hours per school year does your school building offer or schedule professional development to upgrade
technology and computer skills in the following areas?
Training |
Administrators |
Teachers |
Introductions to operations |
4.08 Hours |
6.48 Hours |
Using software applications |
10.6 5 Hours |
15.76 Hours |
Using Internet Resources |
5.74 Hours |
9.75 Hours |
Curriculum Integration |
5.07 Hours |
9.52 Hours |
Teaching Applications |
3.96 Hours |
8.34 Hours |
Using Assistive Technology Devices |
.24 Hours |
.62 Hours |
10.) Are your teachers required to demonstrate technology skills for employment or continued employment with your
school?
_379 (17%)_yes _1874 (83%)__no
If yes, how are they evaluated? (Check ALL that apply)
82 Transcripts 119 Hands-on Evaluation 129 Professional Development Hours
Other: 30—Interviews, 23—Observations, 22—Assessments, 18—Regular Evaluation/PBTE
11.) Please estimate the percentage of principal(s), teachers, and technological support staff in your school building
in each skill level in terms of their use of technology.
Faculty/Staff |
Beginner % |
Intermediate % |
Advanced % |
Principal(s) |
18% |
64% |
18% |
Teachers |
28% |
54% |
18% |
Technology Support Staff |
4% |
31% |
66% |
12.) During the current school year, how many days has your school scheduled for professional development
activities where teachers can learn/upgrade their technology and computer skills? 6304 total (average 2.8)
13.) Compared to the last school year, do you think the number of scheduled professional days for technical training
will:
_41 (2%) Decrease _922 (53%) Remain the same 774 (45%) Increase
HARDWARE & SUPPORT |
14.) Who is responsible for technical maintenance and/or support of hardware in your school building? (Check ALL
that apply)
_91%__District Staff _31%__School Classified Staff 54%School Certificated Staff
3%Parents/Community Members _62%__Outside Vendors _3%__Regional Centers/RPDC’s
_11%__Students 25% Contractors 0%_No one
15.) Please estimate the number of staff FTE responsible for technical maintenance and support of hardware in your
school
building._3992 total (average 1.78)
16.) Please identify the number of computers by type that are currently in use in the following locations within your
school building:
Apple/Mac |
Computer Labs |
Instructional Rooms |
Library/Media Center |
Principal Office(s) |
Other Locations |
Total |
Apple II/IIe/GS |
1156 |
6558 |
285 |
14 |
296 |
8309 |
MAC |
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|
---68000series or earlier |
874 |
3708 |
216 |
51 |
254 |
5103 |
---68020 and 68030 series |
1639 |
3313 |
335 |
72 |
300 |
5659 |
---68040 series |
2212 |
5177 |
457 |
212 |
402 |
8460 |
EMATES |
93 |
146 |
85 |
6 |
22 |
352 |
Power Mac |
8629 |
8975 |
1170 |
347 |
644 |
14765 |
Mac Powerbook/iBook |
345 |
1327 |
286 |
163 |
315 |
2436 |
IMac |
6092 |
4966 |
806 |
213 |
231 |
12308 |
G3/G4 |
592 |
816 |
217 |
53 |
130 |
1807 |
Apple/Mac Sub-total |
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|
59199 |
PC Compatible |
Computer Labs |
Instructional Rooms |
Library/Media Center |
Principal Office(s) |
Other Locations |
Total |
386 or earlier |
1680 |
3099 |
486 |
98 |
547 |
5910 |
486 |
5463 |
10147 |
1498 |
658 |
1190 |
15956 |
PENTIUM |
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---(586) |
9819 |
14720 |
2627 |
1438 |
1750 |
30354 |
---MMX |
9733 |
13861 |
2488 |
1013 |
1608 |
28703 |
---II |
20486 |
26721 |
4947 |
3049 |
3054 |
58257 |
---III |
8653 |
11938 |
1702 |
1141 |
1239 |
24673 |
---Pro (686) |
2697 |
2207 |
482 |
297 |
514 |
6197 |
PC Laptop |
894 |
1771 |
594 |
538 |
1069 |
4866 |
PC Sub-Total |
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177916 |
TOTAL = 237,115
17.) How many of these personal computers in your school building are running the following:
PC |
Number of Computers |
Mac |
Number of Computers |
Windows |
158,053 |
OS |
61,077 |
Windows 3.1 |
8630 |
OS 7.5 |
11585 |
Windows 95 |
78322 |
OS 7.6 |
22750 |
Windows 98 |
64969 |
OS 7.8 |
7285 |
Windows 2000/Me |
3770 |
OS 8.0/8.1 |
3419 |
Windows NT 3.x |
119 |
OS 8.5/8.6 |
5669 |
Windows NT 4.x |
2243 |
OS 9 or later |
10369 |
Novell |
30,995 |
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Novell 3.x |
1537 |
|
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Novell 4.x |
8302 |
|
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Novell 5.x |
21156 |
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Unix/Linux |
127 |
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18.) Please indicate the number of computers in your school building that are multimedia equipped:
Mac_36,436 (20%) PC_144,922 (80%)
19.) Regarding your technology plan, how many computers will be purchased for your school building during:
A. PC This school year?_1250_ Next year?_1192__ Future years?_2070__
B. Mac This school year?__110_ Next year?__183__ Future years?__154__
20.) Please indicate the number of ROOMS in the following locations, within your school building:
Number of … |
Computer Labs |
Instructional Rooms |
Library/ Media Center |
Principal Office(s) |
Other |
TOTAL |
a. Rooms total |
3301 |
55905 |
2201 |
4877 |
7380 |
73664 |
b. Rooms with telephone access |
2389 |
33692 |
1941 |
4580 |
6424 |
49026 |
c. Rooms wired for the Internet |
3064 |
47059 |
2023 |
4220 |
5685 |
62051 |
d. Rooms with one or more multimedia equipped computers |
2997 |
42065 |
1906 |
3940 |
5197 |
56105 |
e. Rooms with one or more multimedia equipped computers with direct connection to the Internet |
2351 |
29826 |
1463 |
2703 |
3580 |
39923 |
f. Rooms with one or more multimedia equipped computers with direct connection to the Internet and a dedicated printer and a dedicated projection device |
820 |
5826 |
302 |
187 |
417 |
7606 |
21.) Please indicate the number of computers in the following location, within your school building.
Number of … |
Computer Labs |
Instructional Rooms |
Library/Media Center |
Principal Office(s) |
Other |
TOTAL |
COMPUTERS connected to the Internet |
63245 |
86464 |
14183 |
7312 |
8305 |
179509 |
COMPUTERS multimedia equipped |
59049 |
81386 |
15963 |
6614 |
7795 |
170807 |
22.) Please report the number of units/systems in your school building.
A. CD-ROM Network |
35573 |
I Computer Projection Devices |
7773 |
Q. Probeware |
1405 |
B. Laserdisc Players/DVD |
5680 |
J. Dot Matrix Printers |
12404 |
R. Fax machines |
2361 |
C. VCR Units |
37701 |
K. Inkjet Printers |
43326 |
S. Alpha Smart/Laptop Processors |
6311 |
D. TV Monitors |
41683 |
L. Laser Printers |
12288 |
T. Interactive Television |
689 |
E. Scanners/Digitizers |
5133 |
M. Total Color Printers |
34293 |
U. Interactive Whiteboards |
1027 |
F. Digital Cameras |
3940 |
N. Graphic Calculators |
27279 |
V. Satellite Receiver |
454 |
G. Assistive/Adaptive Devices |
2978 |
O. Scientific Calculators |
24385 |
W. Cable TV |
13991 |
H. Personal Digital Assistants |
250 |
P. Video Dist. Systems |
311 |
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INTERNET CONNECTIVITY/DISTANCE LEARNING |
23.) Does your school building have access to the Internet? _1773 (79%)_ yes _481 (21%)_ no
If yes, who is your Internet provider? _1674 (94%) MOREnet
_77_(4%) Other: 9—Southwestern Bell, 5—Charter Communications, 4—Sho-Me Technologies_
24.) Does the school building have a direct link (dedicated connection) to the Internet?
1303 (73%)_ yes 470 (27%)_ no
If yes, what is the bandwidth capacity?
155 56-256kb 82 10-45mb 82 384-768kb 18 OC1 or greater 1390 T1 (1.5-6mb)
_14 Don’t know Other: 3—Cable Modem
25.) Does the school building have dial-up links? _204 (9%) yes _2049 (91%) no
If yes, how many modems, by speed, are in this school building?
_13_ 14.4K _25_ 28.8K _22_ 33.6K _706_ 56K
If yes, who uses the dial-up access? Administrators_140__ Teachers_133__ Other staff_116__
Students 37__ Other : _8—Community, 5—Board Members
26.) How many dial-up computer lines are available in the school building? _878 total lines (1.68 average per school)
27.) If the school building uses dial-up links, where are you dialing to? (Check ALL that apply)
_130_District _74_MOREnet _60_Commercial
28.) Does your school currently have a local area network (LAN)? _1619 (72%)_ yes _631 (28%)_ no
If yes,
A. How many computers are connected to the LAN in your school building? _ 153,665 total (68.21 average per
school)
B. Of the above computers, how many are servers? _ 2602 total (1.16 average per school)
C. What operating system does your server(s) use? (Indicate how many.)
Linux (how many) _ 107_ Windows NT (how many) _3879
Apple Share (how many) 721__ Novell (how many) 10,052__
Other (Please Specify )_ Unix_ (how many) _12_
D. What services are run on the servers?
_775_Email _311_FTP _351_Proxy Server _675 Web 163 Telnet 358 Firewall
E. If email is offered, please specify Email software program. _ 203—Pegasus, 165—Groupwise,
155—Mercury, 60—Eudora, 116—IE Exchange/Outlook
29.) Is your school building connected to another school building in your district through a Wide Area Network (WAN)
1332 (59%) yes 514 (23%) no 407 (18%) NA
30.) Do any of the students in your school building use any of the following to participate in classes originating from
remote sites? (Check ALL that apply)
158 Satellite 135 Desktop Technologies/IP/MOREnet 209 Interactive TV (Video Classroom)
262_Cable TV _15 Compressed Video Other: 5—Videotape, 2—Web/Online
31.) If you do not now have any distance learning programs, do you plan on any in the next two years?
319 (14%) yes
(86%) no
If yes, please indicate type 132—IP-based, 54—I-TV, 26—electronic field trips, 8—compressed video, 7—dual
credit/AP
32.) Do you require parents’ signatures before students can access the Internet? 1254 (56%) yes 999 (44%) no
33.) What proportion of students, in your school building have signed Internet Acceptable Use Policies? _59%
34.) Does your school building currently use filtering software on your Internet-connected computers?
_1005 (45%) yes 55% no
If yes, A. On what percentage of your Internet connected computers? 100_%
B. What products (for instance, Cyber Patrol, Net Nanny, Surf Watch)? 414—Cyber Patrol,
136—Screen Door, 103—Web Sense, 95—X-Stop, 82—Sonic Wall, 71—SurfWatch,
69—Border Manager, N2H2—46
TECHNOLOGY USAGE |
35.) Estimate the percentage of administrators, teachers, and students in your school building who routinely use the
following applications.
Applications |
Principal(s) (%) |
Teachers (%) |
Students (%) |
A. Educational Software |
34% |
59% |
62% |
B. E-Mail |
74% |
65% |
11% |
C. Web-Browsing (Net Surfing) |
71% |
67% |
52% |
D. EBSCO host or other educational database |
24% |
27% |
22% |
E. Electronic Encyclopedia |
22% |
36% |
38% |
36.) Estimate the percentage of administrators, teachers, and students in your school building who routinely use the
computer for the following functions.
Functions |
Principal(s) (%) |
Teachers (%) |
Students (%) |
A. Computer-generated Presentations |
31% |
29% |
23% |
B. Writing Assignments |
56% |
60% |
52% |
C. Research Information Collection |
58% |
56% |
49% |
D. Communicate with Parents |
48% |
39% |
7% |
E. Lesson Plan Preparation |
13% |
45% |
N/A |
F. Spreadsheet/Database (student records) |
60% |
46% |
N/A |
G. Track Student Performance |
56% |
48% |
N/A |
H. Communicate with DESE staff |
52% |
18% |
N/A |
I. Instructional Delivery and Presentations |
21% |
29% |
N/A |
37.) Who is responsible for the leadership and support of teachers in your school building in integrating technology
into the curriculum?
65%_Technology Coordinator _57% School Administrator 9%_RPDC 8%_Outside Vendor 37%_Library/Media specialist Other: Teachers, professional development staff/committee, staff
38.) Estimate the percentage of the school building’s teaching staff who are able to fully integrate technology into
the curriculum? _ 33%
39.) What school information can be accessed from an outside location via the Internet? (Check ALL that apply)
_548_Schedules _304_Homework Assignments/Help 44 Report Cards/Attendance
_920_Community Info. 1309_Teacher/School Info.
Other: _lunch menus, curriculum, news bulletins
40.) What percentage of Internet-connected computers in your school building use a web browser at least as
current as:
14_% Netscape 4.5 or earlier 28 % Netscape 4.6 or Higher 38 % Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
12_% Internet Explorer 4.5 or earlier Other: (assortment)
41.) Who uses the DESE web site? (http://www.dese.mo.gov/)
_1670 Principal(s) 1391 Teachers 835 Support Staff 75 Students 0 Other
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