In March 2002, the 79
schools in the Oakland Unified School District were surveyed regarding
instructional technology status. This
report compares the overall results of that survey with the conditions reported
in the nine high schools involved in Urban Dreams (Castlemont, Dewey, Far West,
Fremont, McClymonds, Oakland, Oakland Tech, Skyline, and Street Academy.)
It is important to note that Urban Dreams is not a “total coverage
program”: not every teacher at the nine high schools participates in the
program.
The age ranges of the computers in non Urban
Dreams and Urban Dreams’ schools are as follows:
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|
NON URBANDREAMS TOTAL |
URBAN DREAMSTOTAL |
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|
Age
Range |
Number |
Percentage |
Number |
Percentage |
|
> One Year |
1144 |
17.29
|
1392 |
56.08
|
|
One to Two Yrs |
1359 |
20.54
|
243 |
9.79
|
|
Two to Three Yrs |
1155 |
17.46
|
247 |
9.95
|
|
Three to Four Yrs |
911 |
13.77
|
308 |
12.41
|
|
Over Four Yrs |
2046 |
30.93
|
292 |
11.76
|
TOTAL |
6615
|
|
2482
|
|
Schools reported plans to
retire old computers and purchase new ones next school year.
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|
NON
URBAN DREAMS
TOTAL |
URBAN
DREAMS TOTAL |
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|
|
Number |
Percentage |
Number |
Percentage |
|
To Be Purchased |
811 |
12.26
|
261 |
10.52
|
|
To Be Retired |
562 |
8.5
0 |
80 |
3.22
|
Net Growth |
249 |
3.76
|
181
|
7.29
|
District-wide, 14 schools
reported they did not have the electrical capacity to support the ratio of one
computer to four students; 26 responded that they did not know their capacity at
this time. Of the nine schools in the Urban Dreams group, Mc Clymonds, Oakland
Tech, and Street Academy reported they had such capacity; the others in the
group reported they did not know or did not have that capacity at this time.
On a district-wide level, 82.3%
of these computers are connected on a non-dial up basis to the Internet. In the
nine Urban Dreams schools, the proportion was 94%.
District-wide, 26.5% of schools reported that their school was involved in the creation/updating of the district technology plan. Each of the nine schools in Urban Dreams reported they were involved except Oakland Tech, which did not know, and Street Academy which said it was not.
Schools were asked about the
time it normally takes to fix hardware problems on their sites.
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|
NON
URBAN DREAMS |
URBAN
DREAMS |
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|
TIME
FRAME |
Responses |
Percentage |
Responses |
Percentage |
|
2 Hrs or less |
1 |
1.45
|
0 |
0 |
|
> 2 Hrs but < Day |
6 |
8.7
|
1 |
11.1 |
|
Within 2 to 5 days |
18 |
26.09
|
6 |
66.6 |
|
>Week but < Month |
35 |
50.72
|
2 |
22.2 |
|
A Month or More |
9 |
13.04
|
0 |
0 |
TOTAL |
69
|
|
9
|
|
The
data above reveal that the modal response time is in the “2 to 5” day range
in the Urban Dreams’ schools, while in the district as a whole it is from
“More to a Week to Less than a Month.” Sixty-seven percent of non-Urban
Dreams’ schools reported waiting at least one week for service; only 22.2% of
Urban Dreams had to wait more than “2-5 days”.
Schools were asked, “How long
does it take for teachers to receive technical support?”
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DISTRICT-WIDE |
URBAN
DREAMS |
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|
TIME
FRAME |
Responses |
Percentage |
Responses |
Percentage |
|
2 Hrs or less |
6 |
8.82
|
1 |
11.1 |
|
> 2 Hrs but < Day |
14 |
20.59
|
3 |
33.3 |
|
Within 2 to 5 days |
33 |
48.53
|
4 |
44.4 |
|
>Week but < Month |
8 |
11.76
|
1 |
11.1 |
|
A Month or More |
7 |
10.29
|
0 |
0 |
TOTAL
|
68
|
|
9
|
|
The data above reveal in the
nine Urban Dreams’ schools 44.4% reported a response time of the same day,
while the response time for non Urban Dreams’ schools was more than two days
for over 70% of those completing the survey.
The 79 responding schools employed a total of 35.6 FTE certificated staff and 94.15 FTE classified staff to provide technical support for instructional technology needs. This averages to 2.37 FTE per school.
Schools responded to the
frequency of use of technology in various subject areas:
FREQUENCY |
Read/ |
Math |
Sci. |
Hist/ |
|
Daily |
20 |
10 |
4 |
11 |
|
2-5 Days per Week |
12 |
17 |
14 |
6 |
|
Between once per week
and monthly |
32 |
23 |
26 |
32 |
|
Less than Monthly |
6 |
13 |
19 |
16 |
|
Never |
0 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
TOTAL |
70
|
69
|
70
|
70
|
FREQUENCY |
Read/ |
Math |
Sci. |
Hist/ |
|
Daily |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
|
2-5 Days per Week |
4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Between once per week
and monthly |
1 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
Less than Monthly |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
|
Never |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
TOTAL |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
The data above reveal relatively more frequent
use of educational technology in the Urban Dreams’ schools. For example, in
reading/language arts, Urban Dreams data reveal 77.7% of the schools use
technology at least weekly, whereas other schools reported a frequency of 45.7%.
In math more than 75% of the Non Urban Dreams’ schools reported less than
weekly use of technology, whereas Urban Dreams’ schools reported 55%.
Similarly, in history/social studies over 75% of the Non Urban Dreams’ schools
reported less than weekly usage, whereas Urban Dreams’ schools reported that
55% of the teachers use it at least weekly.
Schools were asked to describe
the proportion of teachers using technology in specific ways:
|
FREQUENCY |
None |
25%
or less |
26
to 50% |
50
to75% |
>75% |
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ACTIVITY
|
Raw |
% |
Raw |
% |
Raw |
% |
Raw |
% |
Raw |
% |
|
Create Materials or
Lesson Plans |
4 |
6.15
|
24 |
36.92
|
14 |
21.54
|
18 |
27.69
|
5 |
7.69
|
|
Deliver Instruction |
5 |
9.61
|
42 |
65.63
|
9 |
14.06
|
6 |
9.38
|
2 |
3.13
|
|
Record Student Info |
13 |
24.63
|
29 |
45.31
|
14 |
21.88
|
5 |
7.81
|
3 |
4.69
|
|
Communicate with
colleagues |
5 |
7.58
|
31 |
46.97
|
14 |
21.21
|
11 |
16.67
|
5 |
7.58
|
|
Communicate
w/students/home |
30 |
48.39
|
30 |
48.39
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
3.23
|
0 |
0 |
|
Access model
lessons/best practice |
9 |
13.43
|
27 |
40.3
|
17 |
25.37
|
12 |
17.91
|
2 |
2.99
|
|
Monitor individual
student progress |
9 |
13.85
|
39 |
60
.00 |
12 |
18.46
|
2 |
3.08
|
3 |
4.62
|
|
|
None |
25%
or less |
26
to 50% |
50
to 75% |
>75% |
|||||
ACTIVITY
|
Raw |
% |
Raw |
% |
Raw |
% |
Raw |
% |
Raw |
% |
|
Create
Materials, Lesson Plans |
0 |
0 |
4 |
44.4 |
4 |
44.4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
11.1 |
|
Deliver Instruction |
0 |
0 |
5 |
55.5 |
3 |
33.3 |
1 |
11.1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Record Student Info |
1 |
11.1 |
6 |
66.6 |
1 |
11.1 |
1 |
11.1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Communicate with
colleagues |
0 |
0 |
5 |
55.5 |
4 |
44.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Communicate with
students/home |
2 |
22.2 |
6 |
66.6 |
1 |
11.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Access model
lessons/best practices |
0 |
0 |
5 |
55.5 |
3 |
33.3 |
1 |
11.1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Monitor individual
student progress |
1 |
11.1 |
6 |
55.6 |
1 |
11.1 |
1 |
11.1 |
0 |
0 |
The data above reveal no
significant difference between the two groups when measuring school-wide faculty
utilization of educational technology. If only Urban Dream participating
teachers had been surveyed instead of “schools” there may have been an
obvious difference between those trained and those untrained in Urban Dreams.
This data do not reveal that kind of information; however, schools were asked
how students use technology at their sites.
FREQUENCY |
None |
25%
or less |
26 to 50% |
50 to 75% |
>75% |
|
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ACTIVITY |
Raw |
% |
Raw |
% |
Raw |
% |
Raw |
% |
Raw |
% |
|
|
| Word Processing |
1 |
1.5 |
16 |
23.9 |
11 |
16.4 |
17 |
25.4 |
22 |
32.8 |
67
|
|
|
Accessing specific
software Or web based resources |
15 |
23.1 |
15 |
23.1 |
11 |
16.9 |
14 |
21.5 |
10 |
15.4 |
65
|
|
|
Research, using CD ROM
or Internet |
6 |
9.1 |
13 |
4.5 |
25 |
37.9 |
10 |
15.2 |
12 |
18.2 |
66
|
|
|
Creating
Reports/Projects |
2 |
3.1 |
20 |
30.8 |
18 |
27.7 |
17 |
26.2 |
8 |
12.4 |
65
|
|
|
Demonstrations/Simulations |
17 |
26.6 |
29 |
45.3 |
12 |
18.8 |
3 |
4.7 |
3 |
4.7 |
64
|
|
|
Corresponding via email |
20 |
30.8 |
36 |
55.4 |
7 |
10.8 |
1 |
1.5 |
1 |
1.5 |
65
|
|
|
Solving
problems/analyzing data |
22 |
34.4 |
26 |
40.6 |
12 |
18.8 |
4 |
6.3 |
0 |
0 |
64
|
|
|
Graphically presenting
materials |
16 |
24.6 |
30 |
46.2 |
11 |
16.9 |
6 |
9.2 |
2 |
3.1 |
65
|
|
FREQUENCY |
None |
25%
or less |
26
to 50% |
50
to 75% |
>75% |
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ACTIVITY |
Raw |
% |
Raw |
% |
Raw |
% |
Raw |
% |
Raw |
% |
| Word Processing |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
22.2 |
1 |
11.1 |
6 |
66.6 |
|
Accessing specific
software Or web based resources |
0 |
0 |
5 |
55.5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
22.2 |
2 |
22.2 |
|
Research, using CD ROM
or Internet |
0 |
0 |
1 |
11.1 |
1 |
11.1 |
4 |
44.4 |
3 |
33.3 |
|
Creating
Reports/Projects |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
44.4 |
3 |
33.3 |
2 |
22.2 |
|
Demonstrations/Simulations |
0 |
0 |
4 |
44.4 |
3 |
33.3 |
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