Data Evaluation

Data Collection
The data will be collected from participants in the classrooms, schools, and the surrounding network areas

Infrastructure
This project will utilize a hybrid system of both long and short haul broadband wireless solutions to provide high throughputs of wireless connectivity to the test sites

Project Goals and Outcomes
The goals of this project include the installation of a wireless, high-bandwidth network to test the educational potential of various delivery models on K-12 schools.

Content and Delivery Model
This project will test the capabilities of broadband wireless technology and measure its effect on teaching and learning process.

Data Evaluation

Evaluation will include regular and on-going measurement of program progress against the project benchmarks for each goal. The evaluation combines traditional methods such as interviews, questionnaires, artifact analysis with more dynamic methods such as focus groups and online interviewing, data gathering and analysis. The following table displays evaluation activities.

DATES	CORE PROJECT ACTIVITIES
	EVALUATION ACTIVITIES
Summer 2004	June 2004 – Two on campus meetings with BSU Teacher liaison. July 2004 – Independent investigation of content for lesson integration. August 2004 – School-based planning meeting with BSU Teacher liaison. August 2004 – Two lessons in development for implementation
	Teacher survey Lesson/Unit Plan analysis Network deployment and testing Content preparation
Fall 2004	September 2004 – School-based project meeting with parents September/October 2004 – Implementation of lesson #1 November/December 2004 - Implementation of lesson #2 Ongoing – 2 lessons in development for spring implementation
	Teacher Survey Teacher Interview Lesson/Unit Plan analysis Classroom video Artifact analysis Student survey Post-lesson student survey Network analysis
Spring 2005	January/February 2005 - Implementation of lesson #3 April/May 2005 - Implementation of lesson #4
	Teacher Survey Teacher Interview Lesson/Unit Plan analysis Classroom video Artifact analysis Network analysis

Teachers will be asked to participate in data collection for evaluation purposes including completing surveys, interviews, and student product analysis.

Evaluation of Machine Generated Data:

During the project, Ball State University's Information Technology network division will monitor network activity to determine network performance trends and to prevent network problems. A subset of this data will be stored, without personal identifying information, for Ball State University to use for research analyses.

Data collected will include (1) network traffic (speed and network performance data) and (2) access to relevant content available through the project portal.