The 2003 Missouri School District Computing Census

Appendix B

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D. Kent King                                                                      Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Commissioner of Education                                                                                                                          P.O. Box 480

                                                                                                                                         Jefferson City, MO  65012-0480

                                                            N=2250                 

 

Missouri Census of Technology

SCHOOL Building Level Census (2003)

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.mo.gov
 

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PLANNING

1. The school building has a technology plan.  2126 (95%) yes     120 (5%) no  Stand-alone   137 (6%)    
    Integrated in district plan 1989 (94%)

2.  List any business or higher education institution with which you partner to support technology. 544 (24%)
      College/university (290)   Technology-related business (169)   Other business (164)  



TRAINING

3. Enter the quantity of professional development hours offered this school year to school building staff to upgrade

    technology and computer skills in the following areas?

 
Training


Administrators

 
Teachers

Support Services Staff

 

(Average hours)

(Average Hours)

(Average Hours)

Introduction to operations

5.81

8.22

4.30

Using software applications

11.69

16.23

8.67

Using Internet resources

6.79

10.20

4.60

Curriculum integration

8.35

13.98

4.12

Teaching applications

5.95

10.50

3.01

Using assistive technology devices

2.11

2.98

1.48

4. Estimate the percentage of administrators, teachers, technology support staff and support services staff in

    the school building at each skill level of technology use.
 

Faculty/Staff

Beginner %

Intermediate %

Advanced %

Administrator(s)

10%

69%

21%

Teachers

21%

58%

21%

Technology support staff

 4%

17%

79%

School services support

31%

52%

17%

5.  Indicate the number of days during the current school year that the school scheduled for professional

     development activities where teachers can learn/upgrade their technology and computer skills.  3.99 Days

 

HARDWARE AND SUPPORT I

6. Estimate the percentage of FTE in the school building responsible for technical maintenance and/or support

    of hardware.
    <Percent Buildings Responding (and Average FTE)>
    50% (.32) District staff                                19% (.25) School classified staff                      5% (.08) Students         
    18% (.21) Vendors                                      26% (.19) School certificated staff                   5% (.16) Contractors
    2% (.10) Parents/community members       1% (.05) Regional centers/RPDCs                    1% None 

7. Enter the quantity of computers, by type, currently being used in these locations within the school building?

 

Computer Labs

Instructional Rooms

Library/Media Center

Principal Office

Other
Locations


Total

Apple/Mac

Apple 68040 or earlier

1274

6123

286

23

567

8273

Power Mac 5500 or later

1895

6309

607

416

580

9807

IMac

9793

13723

1697

105

1149

26467

G4 or earlier

1371

1999

638

57

471

4536

 Sub-Total

14,333

28,154

3,228

601

2,767

49,083

PC Compatible

486 or earlier

1382

4250

561

101

893

7187

Pentium II or earlier

20878

42060

6175

2306

5643

77062

Pentium III or later

33569

45283

7095

4575

7571

98093

Celeron

8348

11815

2079

816

849

23907

AMD under 450 mghz

1861

3166

311

185

231

5754

AMD over 450 mghz

3526

3944

963

386

463

9282

Sub-Total

69,564

110,518

17,184

8,369

15,650

221,285

Total

83,897

138,672

20,412

8,970

18,417

270,368

8. Enter the quantity of computers in the school building using the following operating systems. 


PC Compatible

Number of
Computers

 
Mac

Number of
Computers

Windows Systems

                                                    

208,263

OS Systems

49,368

Windows 2000/Me or earlier

176776

OS 9.x or earlier

44167

Windows XP

18409

OS 10.x or later

5201

Windows NT

13078

 
 
 
 
 
 

Acrobat Reader 4.x or earlier

6634

Acrobat Reader 4.x or earlier

17304

Acrobat Reader 5.x or later

30404

Acrobat Reader 5.x or later

21101

9. The library automation system is: Follet (696)    Winnebago (362)   Athena (322)   Alexandria (156)

    Dynix (139)   Calico (53),  Follet Mandarin (17)   None (237)   Other (228) 

 

HARDWARE AND SUPPORT II

10. Enter the quantity of ROOMS in the following locations, within the school building:

Number of …

Computer
Labs

Instructional Rooms

Library/
Media Center

Total

Rooms total

3723

60248

2319

66290

Rooms with telephone access

2353

32814

2041

37208

Rooms wired for the Internet

3629

57755

2261

63645

Rooms with one or more multimedia equipped computers

3449

52806

2091

58346

Rooms with one or more multimedia equipped computers with direct connection to the Internet

3388

51475

2064

56927

Rooms with one or more multimedia equipped computers with direct connection to the Internet, access to a printer, and a dedicated projection device

1921

12658

853

15432

11. Enter the quantity of COMPUTERS  in the following locations, within the school building.

 

Number of …

Computer Labs

Instructional Rooms

Library/

Media Center

TOTAL

COMPUTERS connected to the Internet

79049

125209

18264

222,522

COMPUTERS multimedia equipped

73983

120015

17126

211,124


12. Enter quantities for the following units/systems in the school building.

Alpha Smart/laptop processors

9458

Interactive television

1638

  • Laser black/white

13244

Assistive/adaptive devices

1493

Interactive whiteboards

3102

  • Laser color

4060

Cable TV connections

24972

Laserdisc players/DVD

7484

Probeware

1210

CD-ROM network

26245

Multimedia distribution system

1151

Satellite receiver

1289

Computer projection devices

11189

Printers:

 

Scanners/digitizers

6957

Digital cameras

6528

  • Dot Matrix black/white

4667

Scientific calculators

24165

Digital camcorders

1164

  • Dot Matrix color

336

TV monitors

45270

Fax machines

2833

  • Inkjet black/white

14431

VCR units

40760

Graphic calculators

25895

  • Inkjet color

35101

   

13. The typical time frame for resolving technical problems/repairs is:

      1443 (66%) 1-3 working days   530 (24%) 4-6 working days   141 (7%) 7-10 working days   
      64 (3%) 11 working days or  more.        

 

INTERNET CONNECTIVITY-DISTANCE LEARNING

14. Identify the bandwidth of the school building’s connection to the Internet.
      130 Less than HalfT                    109 HalfT(768)                         1759 T1(1,544)                  89 10-45mb 
      30 OC1 or greater                       28 cable modem                      5 digital satellite                28 Other                     
      11 None

15. Identify the operating system used on the school building’s server(s).
      236 Linux               479 Windows NT                 229 Apple Share                      930 Novell              97 None   
      Other (Please Specify)Windows 2000 (320)     Windows XP (6)     OSX (46)

16. Identify the services run on the servers.
      1424 Filtering    1328 Email    1117 Web    792 Firewall    666 Proxy Server    481 FTP    166 Telnet    458 None

17. Identify the email software program:
       531 Groupwise    Netscape 176    184 Eudora    127 Exchange    123 Mercury   40 Notes    24 None  
       325 Other: First Class (71)    QuickMail.Pro (41)    Kinetic (29)    Novell (28)    Linux (25)    Squirrel (24)      

18. Estimate the percentage of computers connected to the school building LAN.   88% Average (99% Median)  

19. The school building is connected to the administrative building/office(s) AND all other school building in the district
       through a Wide Area Network (WAN).  1796 (80%) yes     440 (20%) no   

20. The following distance learning systems are available to students in this school building. (Check ALL that apply)
      642 Satellite                  1107 Desktop technologies/IP/MOREnet       390 Interactive TV (video classroom)
      1371 Cable TV               114 Compressed video                                  180 None
      Other (Please Specify): United Streaming (9) 

21.  Identify the filtering software/hardware used in the school building.
       491 Cyber Patrol/Surf Control     342 Sonic Wall                224 Border Manager          217 Web Sense     
       201 Screen Door                         179 X Stop/8e6               121 Squid                          102 N2H2        
         36 DansGuardian                        28 Surf Watch                 27 CISCO PX                      21 SquidGuard
         20 Proxy Server                          14 Symantec/I-gear                                                   85 None 

 

TECHNOLOGY USAGE

22. Estimate the percentage of administrators, teachers, and students in the school building who routinely use the
      following applications.

Applications

Administrator(s)

Teachers

Students

Educational software

41%

76%

80%

E-Mail

97%

87%

15%

World Wide Web

94%

88%

71%

EBSCO host or other periodical database

27%

33%

29%

Electronic encyclopedia

20%

40%

44%

Electronic/automated library catalog

26%

49%

57%

23. Estimate the percentage of administrators, teachers, and students in the school building who routinely use the
      computers for the following functions.   

Functions

Administrator(s) 

Teachers

Students

Produce media, web, or multimedia products  to demonstrate learning

46%

43%

37%

Produce written or print products to demonstrate learning

73%

77%

68%

Conduct online research

79%

74%

63%

Communicate with parents and students

73%

62%

N/A

Lesson plan preparation

16%

64%

N/A

Manage student records (spreadsheet/database)

81%

64%

N/A

Track student performance

78%

69%

N/A

Assess student performance

67%

64%

N/A

Communicate with peers, parents, experts, others

79%

50%

N/A

Instructional delivery and presentations

37%

46%

N/A

Enrolled in online courses this year

4%

5%

N/A

24. Estimate the percentage of FTE positions(s) in the school building responsible for leadership in integrating

      technology into the curriculum.  <Buildings Responding and (Average FTE)
      49% (.32) Technology coordinator    53% (.35) School administrator    7% (.19) RPDC        9% (.16) Vendor   
      46% (.28) Teacher    24% (.34) Instructional technology specialist    4% (.30) Library/media specialist   15% None

25. Estimate the percentage of the school building’s teaching staff who are able to fully integrate technology into 
      curriculum and instruction. 41%  

26. Identify the technology-mediated feedback system(s) used in the school building. (Check ALL that apply)
      2007 Email                                                               1053 Voice mail                             354 Listservs   
       296 Automated absentee calling system                280 Homework hotline via telephone   
       160 Homework hotline via Web                              251 Other

 

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