Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Techno-Teachers

Some interesting stats from techLEARNING, 6/2/08 ...


86% of teachers have desktop computers available in their classrooms; 67% of teachers have access to laptops for their students if they need them; and only 5% of teachers have no access to computers of any kind.

9% of teachers spend more than 50% of instructional time using technology, while 16% of report no use of technology during classroom time.

85% of teachers report not having enough computers in their classroom as a barrier to using digital content, either always (23%) or sometimes (63%).

Nearly 95% of teachers use technology to search for free content for use in their classrooms; 36% report that they do so at least three to four times a week.

17% of teachers participate in online social networking. Nineteen percent of teachers participate in an online professional community.

Students of all ages are creating multimedia presentations in school: 58% of high school students, 49% of middle school students, and 22% of elementary school students.


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