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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
at all

Very Little


Moderately


Signficantly


Greatly

Search Engines

          
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)





Online Tools

Number of Reported Users out of 70




Curriculum Content (%)


Presentation Materials (i.e. picture, audio, visual) (%)




Personal Knowledge (%)





Models (%)





Graphics (%)




Web Ideas (%)
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 (%)


Models (%)


Graphics (%)


Web Ideas (%)
Search Engines(n=65)

49
(n=65)

65
(n=68)

61
(n=67)

16
(n=64)

63
(n-67)

24
(n=66)

 

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 1

 

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 2

 

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 3

 

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 4

 

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 5

 

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)

figure 6