Creating my survey was not as hard as I thought it would be. All I had to do was think of my big questions. From there, I wanted to create surveys for both my students and teachers. The teachers are the ones who actually have to know how to use the technology and show the students. With my survey I wanted to see how knowledgeable the teachers were in the area of technology and how much more they wanted to learn. The students are the ones who then use the technology to assist them in their academic learning.
The information I wanted to get from the teachers consists of how knowledgeable they felt with each particular item of technology. I also wanted to know if they received any professional development, if so what kind? Lastly, I wanted to know if there were any other types of technology training they felt would have been important to study. All of these components would help me in further development of technology.
The information I wanted to get from the students consists of which areas they felt strong/weak in and how the Resource Center could help them. Each student that entered the Resource Center had some sort of a benchmark or goal. They may not have known that offhand but most students to have academic goals in general. I wanted to learn if that benchmark or goal was accomplished during the time spent at the Resource Center. Basically, is the Resource Center a valid place for students to go to receive help?
I think the think aloud really helped in the process of survey creating. Any time there is another person reading over questions it is another mind that can find mistakes or think of something even better. By having that other person to look over your work, it can make the survey a spectacular survey. Erik did a great job giving me feedback. I was able to change words, omit questions, and even form new questions. He was able to read the questions different ways than I so he was able to think of new words to add or change. I thought it was a very helpful assignment.
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