The 1999 survey demonstrated that merely leading teachers to the technology is not enough.
Barriers exist between technology access and technology use.
This latest report focuses on barriers related specifically to software in an effort to explain the high number of respondents indicating never using software in their classrooms. The 2000 follow-up survey involved respondents from the previous survey. They represent a random sample of K-12 public school teachers in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The follow-up survey intended to ascertain current levels of training in the region and whether a lack of training can be a barrier to software use. Questions were intended to provide insight into beliefs about the importance of software use in teaching and learning, barriers to software use in the classroom, software selection practices, beliefs regarding the alignment of software and instructional goals, professional development experiences related to technology integration, and patterns of software use.