Data Brief:
We surveyed 30 teachers and 465 students participating in 1:1 computing initiatives this year:
- Student Engagement - Student engagement increased 140% in word processing and writing, creating presentations, and video production. 52% of teachers now feel that the majority of their students are highly engaged as opposed to only 37% pre-initiative.
- Internet Safety - After completing the Initiative, 93% of teachers now say that they are comfortable with Internet safety, with 67% of them saying they are very comfortable.
- Problem Solving - Students who say they can “figure out just about anything on their own” increased from 38% to 51%, a 134% increase. The number of students who say they have participated in ten or more technology projects that required them to solve a problem, gather information, or draw a conclusion, has nearly doubled, from 23% to 42%.
- Creativity - Teachers now say that 46% of their students are experts or peer coaches in creating a new idea or original project using technology, a value that almost quadrupled the pre-initiative’s mere 12%.
- Skill - Teachers reported that only 11% of their students are considered beginners with computers, a decrease from 30% pre-initiative. They consider approximately 50% of their students to be advanced/expert computer users, a value that has more than doubled since the 20% pre-deployment.
- Students becoming Tech “Experts” - The majority of students say they are experts at digital media, word processing, making presentations, safely and responsibly using the internet, solving problems using technology, and researching a topic on the Internet. At the beginning of the initiative, almost 50% of students said they didn’t know how to do these things.
Digital Wish—School Modernization Initiative
2011–2012—Research Link
Digital Wish—School Modernization Initiative
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