Introduction & Highlights   Report Background: About ACT Now! About this report Who was surveyed?   1998 Results: Teachers & Technology- 98 Technology in Class- 98 Staff Development- 98   1997-98 Comparisons: Teachers & Technology-Changes Technology in Class-Changes Staff Development-Changes   ACTNow! Home Page

ACT Now!  is a federally-funded Technology Challenge grant located in the Sweetwater Union High School District near the California/Mexico international border. As of the end its second year, ACT Now! has made a clear, positive impact on teachers and on students' access to technology in Region 1, the first of 3 regions to be implemented. This report describes teachers' self-reported knowledge about, attitudes toward, and skills in using technology following a year of training provided by the ACT Now! Technology Challenge Grant trainers. Second-year data are also compared to baseline data gathered in the first year of the project prior to training.   Highlights of the report: After a year of intensive training, teachers are positive about technology and its instructional applications. Teachers in Region 1 have almost universal access to computers and Internet connections in their classrooms. Over 2/3 have access to a printer in the classroom. Teachers are using new applications to prepare instruction and new applications with students in the classroom. Teachers report increased skills in some areas of technology use and decreases in others. Based on observations in the ACT 101, 102, and 103 training, it is likely that the decreases are based on a more realistic assessment of their skills. Teachers expressed interest in additional training that focuses on integrating technology into instruction and increasing their repertoire of instructional strategies. Teachers viewed staff development as far more important to developing their technology skills following the ACT Now! training. ACT Now! has raised teachers' expectations related to technology.

 

Introduction & Highlights   |  About ACT Now!  |  About this report  |  Who was surveyed?  |  Teachers & Technology-98   |  Technology in Class-98    |   Staff Development-98   |  Teachers and Tech.-Changes  | Technology in Class-Changes  |  Staff Development-Changes   |  ACTNow! Home Page

For additional information, or to send us comments, please contact: James Frazee, Coordinator of Educational Technology Rusty Meike, Technology Training Manager