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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Digital Media Survey

Good afternoon, everyone, and thanks to those who attended this morning's briefing with Gary Brochu from Shipman & Goodwin.

One of the drivers behind this discussion was a previous presentation by Sarah Edson of the CEN. She and members of the E-Learning & Content Advisory Council to the Connecticut Commission for Educational Technology (CET) are currently working to gather information on what digital content/e-learning subscriptions (e.g. online multimedia-on-demand) K-12 districts are paying for, as well as what digital content/e-learning services schools would like to subscribe to if their budgets allowed. As iCONN has successfully demonstrated, using state purchasing power to acquire and make available digital resources with broad utility can result in significant cost savings to schools.

For this particular survey, the information on "digital content" that the CET seeks does not pertain to the types of resources (full-text databases and online reference materials) that are currently available through iCONN. Rather, the commission members would like to learn about schools' usage of and interest in other digital content, such as streaming video or audio clips, Web-based simulations and animations, interactive learning activities, online assessments, and virtual tours.

If you did not already receive and complete this survey via the CT Association of School Librarians, please take a few moments to complete this brief survey to help the CET gather this important information on the usage of and demand for digital content/e-learning services in Connecticut schools. The commission members encourage district-wide responses whenever possible, so if there is a district-wide coordinator who can more easily provide this information, please refer this survey to that person and encourage his or her response. So that the commission members can aggregate the data for the CET, they kindly request that the survey be completed by Friday, May 23, 2008, if at all possible.

Click here to begin the survey:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=tw2z2_2fuBuIGbCqfpu2NGtA_3d_3d

The commission members greatly appreciate your time and your input! Thank you!
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