By the numbers on technology forecast: a data bank on education trends for district leaders.

K-12 public schools are projected to spend $103.46 per student-or a total of approximately $5 billion-on technology in 2004, a one-year increase of 18%

Source: Market Data Retrieval, Technology in Education 2004, www.schooldata.com

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

Administrators are planning to incorporate a number of new
technologies into classrooms in the 2004-05 school year

                                    USING    EVALUATING

              Digital whiteboard     47%        15%
              Video conferencing     42%        18%
                 Video streaming     39%        18%
                Web conferencing     29%        14%
Portable word processing devices     34%         7%
      Video recognition software     28%        13%
                   Voice over IP     20%        20%
                     Thin client     15%        15%
                       Table PCs     10%        17%

Note: Table made from bar graph.

Source: Quality Education Data, 10th Annual Technology Purchasing
Forecast, www.qeddat.com

Teachers' Skill Level

Many teachers need additional
training to integrate technology
with curriculum

                2002    2004

BEGINNER         23      19
INTERMEDIATE     53      57
ADVANCE          12      17

Note: Table made from bar graph.

Source: MDR

Funding Sources

A look at where financial resources for
instructional technology will come from in
2003-04

District    50%
State       22%
E-rate       8%
Reading
First        4%
Other
Federal      8%
Other        8%

Note: Table made from pie chart.

Source: QED

PURCHASING
POWER

In the 2004-05 school year, technology
expenditures will become increasingly
centralized *

             BUILDING BUDGET    DISTRICT BUDGET

2000-2001          16%                84%
2001-2002           9%                91%
2002-2003           6%                94%
2003-2004           2%                98%
2004-2005           2%                98%

* Figures reflect percent of total technology spending
excluding E-rate funds

Note: Table made from bar graph.

Source: QED

Brand of Choice

When schools were asked their
"preferred brand of choice"
for instructional computers, they answered:

Dell           46%
Macintosh      27%
HP/Compaq      18%
Gateway        10%

Source: MDR

Tech Spending by Category

Hardware             69%
Software             16%
Outside Services      9%
Staff Development     6%

Note: Table made from pie chart.

Source: MDR

Software Purchase Plans

In the 2004-05 school year,
districts plan to purchase:

Instructional software
for core subjects         77%
Student information
Systems                   77%
Instructional
management software       70%
Assessment
Software                  71%
Special education
management software       35%

Note: Table made from bar graph.

Source: QED