| The
following information concerns connectivity in the
school. Please note that there are questions that pertain
to the INTERNET connectivity that the school has,
as well as the type of LAN, WAN, and other connections
that you have.Percentages
are rounded and are based on n of 1654 schools participating
in the profile. The 1654 particpation number is used throughout
pages 2-7. |
| Part 1 - Connectivity |
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TOTALS |
| 1.
What percent of your classrooms are connected to the internet? |
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A.
Fewer than 10 |
276 |
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B.
10 - 20% |
19 |
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C.
20 - 30% |
13 |
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D.
30 - 40% |
9 |
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E.
40 - 50% |
13 |
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F.
50 - 60% |
13 |
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G.
60 - 70% |
18 |
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H.
70 - 80% |
14 |
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I.
80 - 90% |
37 |
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J.
More than 90% |
1491 |
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| 2.
Which of the following best describes this school's connection
to the Internet? |
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A.
not connected |
53 |
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B.
dial-up, (56K, 33.6K, 28.8K analog modems) |
200 |
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C.
dedicated line to a central point within the district (or
direct to the Internet), 56KB speed |
433 |
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D.
dedicated line at T1 speed or cable modem or DSL connection
or higher speeds |
1217 |
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School
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1255 |
| 3.
Are the majority of student computers in your school connected
to a network? |
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A.
the majority of student computers in my building
are not connected to a network |
318 |
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B.
the majority of student computers within my building
are connected to a local area network (LAN) |
643 |
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C.
the majority of student computers in my building are connected
to a LAN and are also hubbed to a central point with other
schools as part of a wide area network (WAN) |
942 |
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School
Buildings Not Reporting |
1255 |
| 4.
What percent of your students
have Internet e-mail access in the school? |
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A.
We do not have student Internet e-mail access in school. |
1446 |
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B.
0 - 25% |
249 |
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C.
26 - 50% |
39 |
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D.
51 - 75% |
17 |
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E.
More than 75% |
152 |
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School
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1255 |
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| 5.
What percent of your teachers
have Internet e-mail access in the school? |
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A.
We do not have teacher Internet e-mail access in school. |
167 |
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B.
0 - 25% |
123 |
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C.
26 - 50% |
44 |
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D.
51 - 75% |
44 |
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E.
More than 75% |
1525 |
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School
Buildings Not Reporting |
1255 |
| Part 2 - Description of LAN/WAN |
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| 1.
Which of the following best describes the school's local
area network? |
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A.
No LAN present |
120 |
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B.
All routed, shared network connections to classrooms and
labs |
648 |
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C.
All switched network segments to classrooms and labs |
549 |
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D.
majority routed with some switched segments |
315 |
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E.
mostly switched with some routed connections |
267 |
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School
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1259 |
| 2.
What is the dominant LAN type you operate in the classroom? |
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A.
Ethernet |
1717 |
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B.
Token Ring |
118 |
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C.
Broadband |
21 |
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D.
Baseband |
6 |
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E.
ATM |
6 |
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School
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1290 |
| 3.
How many network connections are available in the majority
of classrooms? |
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A.
No LAN connections present |
185 |
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B.
1 |
441 |
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C.
2 - 5 |
1011 |
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D.
more than 5 |
261 |
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School
Buildings Not Reporting |
1260 |
| 4.
For LAN connections in the classroom, what is the speed
of the circuit? |
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A.
10 Mbps shared (connected to a router at the head end) |
668 |
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B.
10 Mbps switched (connected to a switch) |
330 |
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C.
100 Mbps shared (connected to a router at the head end) |
205 |
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D.
100 Mbps switched (connected to a switch) |
369 |
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E.
Other (please specify) |
294 |
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School
Buildings Not Reporting |
1292 |
5.
Which of the following statements describes your future
networking plans for this location?
Please
check all that apply. (Numbers in RED are No Responses) |
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A.
No plans to change network in next two (2) years. What we
have is adequate. |
606
2552 |
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B.
A move to faster connections to the classroom/lab to meet
needs is planned. |
898
2260 |
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C.
A move from routers to switches is planned sometime in the
next two (2) years. |
537
2621 |
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D.
Major rewiring is planned within the next two (2) years |
332
2826 |
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E.
Wireless connections on the LAN will be used in all or some
locations |
409
2749 |
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| Part 3 - Filtering, Firewalls,
Proxy Servers, etc. |
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| 1.
How are Internet connections for student use filtered? |
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A.
No filtering |
456 |
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B.
A commercial service or and ISP provides watchdog/filtering |
385 |
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C.
Local proxy server application (e.g., Border Manager, etc.) |
1011 |
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D.
Caching server (with pre sites) |
37 |
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School
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1269 |
| 2.
If you are connected to the state's backbone for Internet
services, would you be interested if a service were offered
that provided filtering at the "network" level? |
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A.
No. We would continue to do it locally. |
1057 |
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B.
Yes. It would be a valuable service. |
823 |
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1278 |
| 3.
Some type of Internet filtering is necessary to avoid inappropriate
use by students. |
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A.
Strongly agree |
1485 |
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B.
Maybe |
307 |
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C.
Strongly disagree |
106 |
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School
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1260 |
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