Teacher Survey Draft/ Next Meeting Date

At our last meeting we decided to meet on February 10th at Fay El in the library.  We discussed looking over this survey to send ouy on Staff Day, January 28th.  Please let me know if you have any additions or revisions.

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Technology Plan Survey February 2011

Dear Teachers:

The Technology Committee is reviewing and updating the present Technology Plan. Please fill out the survey found at this link in order to help guide us through this process.

1.       Select the top three reasons you use technology in your instruction (Others?).

a.       Efficiency

b.      Motivating to students

c.       Prepare students for graduation

d.      Prepare students for a global community

e.   Improve instruction
meeting instructional goals

2.       How often do you use a SMARTBoard for instruction? (Different choices?)

a.       100 %

b.      75 %

c.       50%

d.      Less than 50%

e.      NA

3.       How often do your students use the SMARTBoard? (Same as above for choices?)

4.       How often do you use a mobile lab or laptops?

a.       Daily

b.      Once a week

c.       Once every two weeks

d.      Once every three weeks

e.      Once a month

f.        Less than once a month

5.        How often do you use the computer lab (Same as above)

6.        Select the three top priorities you feel the District should invest in.

a.       Mobile Labs

b.      Laptops for teachers

c.       Small groups of laptops stationed in the classroom (6)

d.      Bandwidth

e.      Computer Labs
f.      Global Communication

      g.      Web 2.0 Tools

7.       Select the two hardware devices you would like to have permanently in your classroom (Additions?)?

a.      Digital Camera

b.      Flip Camera

c.      Document Camera

d.      Web Cam

 8.       What other devices do you think teachers should use to support instruction?

Professional Development

10.   Select the top three ways you prefer to learn and practice new technology.

a.       Online Courses

b.      FM Inservice

c.       Blogs, Wikis and learning communities

d.      Emails from Computer Resource Teachers and Coordinator of Technology

e.      Curriculum/ Department Meetings

f.        Staff Days

g.       BOCES Workshops

h.      Conferences
i.       Web Site housing area
j.       Curriculum maps

Comments or suggestions by each section.

11. When do you find professional development to be the most helpful?

a. online
b. summer
c. evenings
f. early afternoon
g. weekends