A needs assessment survey of 50 ABA teachers in the Cobb County School District found that teachers were eager for training on new educational technology software but less interested in increased resource research and material production. The data analysis revealed that integrating the TeachTown program could be beneficial if materials were accessible online to reduce time spent finding resources, and that teacher training should be tailored based on their existing technology knowledge and familiarity with different software and tools.

1. Needs Assessment for technology integration and TeachTown
A technology integration needs survey was conducted and distributed through the Cobb County School District Outlook during the
months of February and April 2014. Fifty ABA Teachers (grades K-5) took part in the multiple choicequestion survey. The questions
related to: school site (1), technology that they have access to (2), and various trainings pertaining to teaching, tools, and
collaboration (3).
The teacher’s responses were collected and entered into a Word Document by Lisa Witteman.
These data produced strengths and weaknesses while confirming the theory that experienced teachers have a positive response tonew
data collecting software and learning how to implement them and have a negative response to increased resource research and material
production.
Strength: A positive correlation between new technologies integrated software and teacher’s eagerness for training on the software.
Weakness: A positive correlation between an increase in resource research and material production.
The professional development need revealed through the data analysis was that;
A – The TeachTown program would yield positive outcomes if; team members could be able to access materials online to reduce time
on resource hunting
B - Teachers training should be based on prior knowledge of technology, software familiarity, and tool familiarity.