Slightly more than half of respondents (56.7 percent) said district-led workshop activity would stay the same, and most respondents said that the activity level of on-site and vendor workshops and conferences would remain the same, with about 25 percent projecting a decrease.
BYOD
A large majority of respondents (87 percent) said their schools or districts had not implemented a “bring your own device” (BYOD) model for computers, tablets, and smart phones.
Of those respondents, 75.9 percent said that their schools or districts are somewhat or very unlikely to implement a BYOD initiative in the next one to three years.
Thirteen percent currently have a BYOD program, 2.7 percent are very likely to adopt a BYOD model in the next one to three years, and 18.3 percent are somewhat likely to adopt BYOD in the same timeframe.
STEM technology products
Respondents identified iPads and other tablets (30.9 percent), probeware and data-collection software (20.8 percent), and apps for mobile devices (18.6 percent) as their most-desired technology-based products for STEM education.
Fewer than one-fourth (21.8 percent) said that tablets are currently widely adopted in their school or district, or that it was likely for tablets to be widely deployed by the 2014-15 school year. Slightly more than one-third (36.7 percent) said it was somewhat likely that tablet devices would be widely adopted, and 41.5 percent said adoption was somewhat or very unlikely.
When it comes to preferred tablet devices, 59.5 percent of survey participants indicated that they would like an iPad, while 12.4 percent chose an Android device and 28.2 percent had no preference.
Equity issues, security and theft prevention, and concern about maintenance and breakage topped educators’ most frequently identified list of barriers to iPad/tablet adoption.
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