Table 1. To what degree do you feel your daily lessons during the fall 2004 were influenced by information or resources you obtained from the following online tools:
|
Not |
Very Little |
|
|
| |
|
Search Engines |
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| Specific Web sites | |||||
| Digital Libraries | |||||
| Online Databases | |||||
| Electronic Discussion Lists | |||||
| Print Resources |
Table 2. During the summer or fall of 2004, how often did you forward on information or resources to your colleagues that you found from the following online resources:
|
Never |
Rarely |
Sometimes |
Often |
Always | |
|
Search Engines |
|||||
| Specific Web sites | |||||
| Digital Libraries | |||||
| Online Databases | |||||
| Electronic Discussion Lists |
Table 3: Tool Use for Instructional Planning Purposes
|
|
Specific Search Engines |
Specific Web Sites |
Digital Libraries |
Online Databases |
Electronic Discussion Lists | |||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
|
Yes |
69 |
99 |
62 |
89 |
14 |
20 |
17 |
24 |
35 |
50 |
| No |
1 |
1 |
8 |
11 |
56 |
80 |
53 |
76 |
35 |
50 |
Table 4. Use Related to Instructional Planning Components
Q: Did you use [online tool] to find information or resources related to any of the following during the summer or fall of 2004: (Choose all that apply)
|
|
Number of Reported Users out of 70 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Search Engines |
69 |
81* |
90 |
75 |
48 |
86 |
75 |
| Specific Web sites |
62 |
92 |
81 |
69 |
45 |
69 |
69 |
| Digital Libraries |
14 |
79 |
72 |
57 |
36 |
50 |
79 |
| Online Databases |
17 |
77 |
42 |
47 |
12 |
29 |
41 |
| Electronic Discussion Lists |
35 |
74 |
40 |
69 |
26 |
66 |
11 |
* Percentages are of total number that responded
Table 5. Perceived Value Rating of Either Very Useful or Exceptionally Useful as Assigned to Instructional Components by Respondents
|
|
Curriculum Content (%) |
Presentation Materials (%) |
Personal Knowledge (%) |
|
|
|
| Search Engines(n=65) |
49 |
65 |
61 |
16 |
63 |
24 |
Figure 1. Frequency of Use of Information or Materials Obtained Online
Q: When you did instructional planning during the summer or fall of 2004 how often did you use the information or materials you obtained from [choice of online tools]:
Figure 2.Perceptions of Tool Proficiency
Q: How would you describe your current proficiency in using the following online tools to find information or resources:
Figure 3. Perceived Value of Search Engines for Instructional Planning Purposes
Q: During the summer or fall of 2004, how would you rate the value of using search engines to find information and resources for the following planning components:
Figure 4. Perceived Influence on Teachers' Daily Lessons
Q: To what degree do you feel your daily lessons during the fall 2004 were influenced by information or resources you obtained from [instructional planning components]:
Figure 5. Perceived Influence on Teachers' Unit Plans
Q: To what degree do you feel your unit plans during the fall 2004 were influenced by information or resources you obtained from [instructional planning components]:
Figure 6. Reasons for Nonuse of Tools
Q: What caused you not to use the following tools more frequently for instructional planning during the summer or fall of 2004 (choose all that apply)
