West Bolivar School District

Summer Technology Institute
Pre-Institute Participant Survey

Dear WBSD Summer Technology Institute Participant:

The following survey will help us create an Institute agenda that most acurately reflects your needs. Thus, these questions ask about your beliefs and attitudes related to technology integration, and a bit about your current technology skills. We will analyze this data in aggregate to detemine an overall picture of the group of Institute participants. We will not track the responses from individual participants.

Thank you for your time, and we look forward to seeing you on July 9th!

How has technology impacted your students' achievement?

Please check all of the following statements with which you agree --

 Technology increases my students' motivation
 My students use technology to develop mastery of basic skills (reading, writing, mathematics, etc.)
 My students use technology to become more critical thinkers
 My students use technology to access, integrate, and analyze information relevant to interdisciplinary problems
My students use technology as a tool for self-directed learning
 My students use technology to solve relevant, real-life, problems
 My students use technology to discover concepts and prove relationships
My students use technology tools in ways that parallel and model the way that technology is used in the world of work
 My students use a high degree of personal judgment when choosing and applying technology tools in their learning activities

Teacher and Student Uses of Technology

Please indicate which technologies you typically use for personal (and professional) productivity and/or in instructional settings. If you do not use the particular technology at all, please indicate that by choosing the last button in the row --

  I use this technology for personal and professional productivity I create lessons which require students to use this technology I don't use this, nor do I assign its use to my students
 Word Processors
Networked File Storage/Sharing on the School/District Local Area Network
IEP Database for Special Education Students
 Integrated Learning System (e.g., Jostens, Writing to Read, etc.)
 Spreadsheets and Graphing
 Games (tutorial and basic skills development)
 Special Applications for Reading, Math, etc. (e.g., Accelerated Reader)
 Electronic Mail
 WorldWideWeb/Internet
 Presentation Software (e.g., PowerPoint, Hyperstudio)
Presentation Hardware (e.g., data projector, large-screen tv, etc.)
 Inspiration
 CD-Rom Encyclopedias
 Graphing Calculators
 Probes for data acquisition (temperature, mass, etc.)

How often do you check email?

I use email to (check all that apply):

 Communicate with Other Teachers/Administrators
 Communicate with Parents
 Communicate with Students

Please choose responses (from the pull-down lists) to the following statements --

I use a variety of teaching strategies which incorporate technology use (choose one):

The learning activities I develop (choose one) require students to use technology.

My students use technology primarily in settings. Choose one.

I feel computers are best utilized in

Please check all of the statements with which you agree --

 I use technology to maintain student records (e.g., grades, etc.)
 I use technology to monitor student performance (e.g., electronic portfolios)
I use technology in specific ways to adapt instructional practices to meet the needs of diverse learners
I am aware of the district technology standards
  I have been assisted in finding ways to integrate technology within my curriculum

I teach at the level and teach the following subject

The main thing I want to accomplish through my work in this institute is: (complete the sentence, below):

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Survey Form Updated 6/28/02