Trends in Music Technology In Illinois Public Schools: A Preliminary Report Sam Reese University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Organization of Presentation  Purpose and Need  Method  Preliminary Results  Questions

Purpose of the research  What are the perceived training needs of music educators in technology?  What are the ways that music teachers and students are using technology?  What is the amount, location, and frequency of access to music technology by music teachers and students?  What types of software, hardware, and networking are in active use by music teachers and students?  To what extent have the training needs, uses of technology, access to technology, and types of software and hardware changed in the prior four-year period?

Need for the research  To focus pre-service and inservice teacher education in technology  To determine progress toward technology standards (MENC, State Boards of Education)

Findings of Related Studies  Administrative use dominates  Instructional use limited to 33% of teachers  Limited training experience  Limited access to training  High interest in training Grijalava, 1986; Meltzer, 2001; Sehmann & Hayes, 1996; Taylor & Deal, 1999, 2000; Treadway, 1994

Method  Mailed questionnaire to stratified, systematic sample of Illinois K-12 public schools  Database of 3,897 schools from ISBE  Sample was a stratified, weighted sample of 12.5% of elementary, 25% of middle schools and 25% of high schools.  Yielding a final sample size of 614 schools

Questionnaire Development  Revision of 1998 questionnaire –Discussions with experienced music educators –Revised to reflect these ideas and technology changes  Expert Critique –Critiqued by 5 experienced survey researchers in music technology  Final Form –43 closed and open-ended items –Divided into six sections

Data Collection and Response Rate  Three mailings in January, February, March  Follow-up phone calls in April  Preliminary return of 53% (325 of 614) –Elementary55% –Middle55% –High48%

Results - Training  “Above average” ability –41% 1998 –49% 2002  Desire more training –94% 1998 –94% 2002

Results - Ways Used  Use computer as teacher? –76% 1998 –95% 2002  Use while working with students? –71% 2002

Results - Ways Used  Use for music purposes –25% 1998 –49% 2002  Use notation software –26% 1998 –38% 2002

Results - Access  Computer in music area –45% 1998 –80% 2002  Internet access in music area –16% 1998 –74% 2002