End-of-Year Teacher Tech Survey
Posted by: friedafoxworth in Educational Technology, Personal Reflections, tags: assessment, edtech, Marzano, smartboardI’ve had one week of summer vacation, and I’ve now had enough mental rest to objectively reflect on the growth of technology integration in my school this year. This was the first full year that every classroom had a SMART Board, projector, and audio system. That was a huge catalyst for change for teachers in instructional practice. Additionally, my school experienced phenomenal gains in student achievement this year, which was hugely due to the increase in teacher collaboration and common assessments through the PLC model. But as indicated by Marzano’s research, I also partly attribute the increase in achievement to the increased use of interactive whiteboards.
As part of my self-evaluation process, I conducted a survey of my teachers to gain some insight into their perspective on growth. (View the results here.) I was impressed that over 70% of the teachers felt that their use of technology had grown between 50%-100%. Even more eye-catching was that 97.6% tried something new using technology with their students this year. During the 2 years I have been a TIS at my school, I have been so impressed with the openness of my faculty to new ideas for technology integration. Every time I asked a teacher to participate in a project, each one has always agreed!
One example is that this year my 2nd grade team really branched out with PBL. Every 2nd grade student in my school learned about using the Internet for research (I got to teach that lesson!), used Open Mind 2 mind-mapping software to organize research findings, exported OM 2 to PowerPoint, refined the PPT, and then presented an oral multi-media project. It was an amazing leap in technology growth for our 2nd graders. I can’t wait to see what these students will accomplish in the future!
I know that all of my teachers had tremendous growth in the area of technology this year. I had 15 teachers who were new to our school and district. Many of these came from districts that did not have the technology resources we have. They were required to take the TTCA, our district’s level 1 technology competency test. After some tutoring, they all successfully passed the test and have made great personal gains in their use of technology. It was a great year at my school, and I’m already beginning to think about how to guide growth next year!
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June 18th, 2009 at 1:26 am
That was a great survey. Thanks for sharing it and the results. I have just developed a survey for the staff at my school to take next Tuesday during staff meeting using a google form. I wonder how they will go as many have limited technology use but are interested in learning and we don’t have a specialist tech teacher at our school. We have a variety of teachers taking IT with classes but not enough learning by teachers themselves. Hopefully we will all be creating a delicious account as well to help with the networking and collaboration in the school.
June 18th, 2009 at 5:33 am
I used Survey Monkey for my survey, but a Google form is a great idea! I may try that next year. Teachers have so much on their plates that it’s hard for them to stretch into greater use of technology without some encouragement and support. Fortunately my district is very proactive in the area of technology, and every school has a TIS. Good luck with your survey! I’d love to hear your results.
July 1st, 2009 at 11:02 am
Great survey and ideas about how to get feedback form the teachers!