Corresponding Peace Wapiti School Board Goals:

• Plan and implement strategies to deal with the ongoing need for technology.
• Provide alternative educational delivery models to support regular instruction where appropriate. 

Results Reported:

Parents show high satisfaction with their children's skills in using computers (84.3% in 2002 compared to 85.4% in 2001and 82.8% in 2000).  Grade 12 students report 74.3%  (compared to 69.0% in 2001and  64.8% in 2000) satisfaction with their computer skills. Asked how much high school is improving their computer skills, 26.7% of Grade 12 students indicate "a lot," 47.3% say "some," and 26.0% claim "very little." This compares with last year when 22.2% of Grade 12 students indicate "a lot," 48.1% say "some," and 29.6% claim "very little." In 2002 82.5% of Grade 12 students claimed to have had access to computers three or more times per week. In 2002 70.8% of Grade 9 students indicated they were satisfied with their computer skills while 75.2% of Grade 6 students indicated they were satisfied with their computer skills.  Click here to look at survey results for all students. 
 

Degree of satisfaction with skills in using computers	Very Satisfied	Satisfied	Dissatisfied	Very Dissatisfied
Parents are satisfied with children's skills in using computers	22.2%	62.1%	12.8%	2.9%
Grade 12 students are satisfied with skills in using computers	18.8%	56.5%	18.2%	6.5%
Grade 9 students are satisfied with skills in using computers	14.8%	46.0%	28.2%	11.0%
Grade 6 students are satisfied with skills in using computers	32.2%	43.0%	17.1%	7.7%

Technology Plan Update

Administrative hardware and software has been upgraded in all of Peace Wapiti schools and department offices.  The intent is to maintain the status quo for the next few years or until such time as change is required.

AISI funding has been used to assist with Information and Communication Technology (ICT) implementation. This project is intended to facilitate the implementation of the ICT program through providing an additional staff allocation to allow time for lead teachers to in-service staff.   A Teaching Assistant Technology Support component has been added.

The Peace Academy of Virtual Education (PAVE) program was expanded to include grade eleven course offerings.  This will be extended to include grade twelve in 2002/2003.

Student satisfaction with access to computers has not changed significantly over the past 3 years.  This is a matter of some concern to Administration.  Efforts will be made to implement strategies to address this.