Data SourceIMPACT Survey –
Teachers, Administrators, Technology Coordinators
NetDays Survey Respondents - Teachers, Students, Parents
IMPACT DemographicsTeachers – 75%
36,929
49,574
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
Teachers
Responding
TeacherPopulation
IMPACT DemographicsAdministrators – 81%
2,1522,643
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
Administrators
Responding
AdministratorPopulation
IMPACT DemographicsTechnology Coordinator - 100%
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Technology Coordinators
Responding
TC Population
NetDays Demographics
•All State Board Districts
•27 Systems
•257 Schools11,147
2,1411,147
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
NetDays Responders
Students (K-12)
Teachers (K-12)
Parents
Teachers Use Technology for Personal Productivity Teachers Use Technology To Collect Student Data and Monitor and Report Student Progress. Schools and school districts have the infrastructure and leadership to support technology use. Students use a variety of sophisticated technologies at home (desktop computers, video games, MP3 or IPods, digital cameras. Parents are satisfied with their child’s technology program.Inventory continued to improve in number of computers available to students.
Key Strengths:
Teachers do not formally assess students’ technology literacy. Students do not regularly use technology in the learning process. Parents want teachers to use technology tools more to improve home-to-school communications and student achievement. Schools are not keeping pace with technologies in schools that will be required for success in the 21st Century.
Improvement
Areas:
Summary
56% of Alabama’s teachers using technology for their own productivity, researching resources on the Internet 65% regularly use technology to monitor student progress Students’ use is primarily limited to instructional games (43%) and tutorials (44%)
Recommendations
Collecting data, recording grades, and generally monitoring student progress appears to constitute much of a teacher’s time with technology, whereas technologies used by teachers and assigned to students that develop higher order thinking and learning with students are areas for improvement in Alabama’s Classroom.
Summary
Alabama parents think their children need technology skills:
To do well in school(76%),To succeed in college (75%), andTo find a job (74%).