List of questions

The main task is to determine which questions are appropriate for the survey. Please include question number in your comments. On January 17, I will compile the most favoured questions into a survey and send them on to you.

1.       Tell me how you feel about the availability of technology at ACS Cobham:
• Do you think sufficient technology is made available to students?        
Yes         No
• Do you think sufficient technology is made available to teachers?        
Yes         No



2.       How important are computers in helping you learn?       

Not important   A little important             Very important



3.       What do you mean by learning?



4.       Who is (or should be) responsible for your learning?

a)      My teachers

b)      Me together with others (such as my teacher)

c)       Myself



5.       Can you give other examples of effective use of technology for learning?



6.       What kinds of uses of technology do you find most valuable?



7.       What kinds of uses of technology do you find most enjoyable?



8.       In which of the following three ways is technology most used in your classes?

a)      Teacher provides information on the electronic whiteboard

b)      Teacher provides instructions for us to do tasks on a computer

c)        We conduct research on a computer on our own



9.       In classes where you work on computers as part of the class activities, do you feel more in control of your own learning?  
Yes         No



10.   Do you think having more access to computers would change the current situation in the high school? If yes, say how?



11.   How does your use of technology in school compare to use of technology outside of school?



12.   What is it you like best about technology use and access in the high school?



13.   What is your biggest frustration with technology use and access in the high school?



14. Do you feel your technology experiences in school adequately prepare you to meet real-world technology challenges? How?

Below are additional questions which are more appropriate for discussion but could provide ideas for survey questions:


15. Do you think teaching with technology in the high school could be improved?


16. Do you think students have any influence about the technology used in the high school? Should they?

17. What changes would you make in the high school if you were in charge of IT? (Provide students with more access? where? Give teachers more support and training? Improve access by making network more robust: - faster, more software, make sharing documents easier).

18. How would you use technology in teaching if you were a high school teacher? (Use interactive features of whiteboard not just for showing websites and documents, provide opportunities for students to do hands-on work on computers, use a variety of software).

19. How would giving students more access to computers improve learning in the high school? (Examples of more access: providing laptops in classrooms, allowing more hands-on sessions during classes, having more computers in the library, giving everyone the opportunity to use computer labs whenever they need to).