A purposeful sample of 800 Nevada classroom teachers will be identified through the 2007-2008 Directory of Licensed Personnel. The sampling will be conducted in a manner that insures a cross-section of classroom teachers are invited to participate. The sampling will take into consideration grade level, content area, district, school characteristics, geography and region.

Personnel Codes

School Selection Document

Teacher Selection Parameters:

1. Elementary personnel with an assignment code of 101-105 (grade 1-5)
2. Secondary personnel with a non administrative or special services code (< 600)

In school districts with fewer than 1000 students, all of the schools and teachers were surveyed. In districts with a student population between 1000 and 10,000, 2 elementary schools, 1 middle school and 1 high school were randomly chosen. In districts with enrollments in excess of 10,000, 20% of the schools were randomly selected.

What is the current capacity of schools in Nevada to positively impact the achievement of students through the use of educational technologies?

1. What is the probability that a classroom teacher in Nevada at any given moment will have in their classroom:
   1. A computer that is less than five years old, internet connected, and currently in good working condition?
   2. A ratio of students to computers in the classroom that is less than 5 to 1?
   3. A projection device that permits all of the students in the classroom to view the computer display and requires minimal setup in terms of time and expertise?
   4. Access to timely, dependable and effective technical support?
2. What is the probability that a classroom teacher will have on any given day:
   1. Utilized technology to support the delivery of a lesson?
   2. Asked students to utilize technology to complete and individual activity?
   3. Asked students to utilize technology to complete an activity that requires students to engage in analytic or evaluative tasks.

How prepared are Nevada teachers to integrate technology into the classroom?

1. What is the comfort level of Nevada teachers with various educational technologies?
   1. What professional development opportunities are available to Nevada teachers?
      1. How do these opportunities vary by district location and size?
      2. What is the quality of these opportunities?
      3. What barriers exist to providing effective opportunities?
2. Are teachers prepared to utilize state and district student assessment data to support instructional decisions?

Factors of interest:

1. Access
   1. Computers
   2. Projection
   3. Internet
   4. Usability
      1. email
      2. access to network storage
      3. student access to network storage
      4. access to educational web sites
2. Support (Ronnkist, Dexter, & Anderson, 2000)
   1. Professional development
   2. Technical support
3. Use
   1. Teacher use
   2. Student use
      1. low cognitive engagement
      2. high cognitive engagement
   3. Teacher philosophy

In a nutshell:

1. Independent V: Technology, Tech Support, Ease of Use/Access
   1. Dependent Variable: Frequency of Use, Type of Use (as measured by programs and sites used)
2. Engagement in professional development, teacher beliefs and relationships to use. More specifically:
   1. IV: Professional development hours, teacher beliefs
   2. DV: Frequency of Use, Type of Use

Teacher Learning Computing Survey (Becker et al) reliability - beliefs discussion

Development Files:

1. Backup 2-14-08
2. Draft 1 Feedback (Neal, Gregg and Sherwood)
3. Token Backup (Carson → Lincoln)