Baseline+Data

This is the Project Integrate Survey Beginning of the Year results: This is the Project Integrate Survey End of the Year Results:

It took me a long time to decide what I wanted to know from my survey and after seeing the results - I don't think these were quite the correct questions to ask! If I were to do the survey again, I would ask if they felt comfortable using each of the 21st Century skills (each would be a separate question) because through my technology lessons I wanted them to increase in their creativity and problem solving. I would have gotten a more accurate assessment of what I wanted to know.

But - these are the results that I find from my beginning and ending survey. Not everyone took the survey at the end and I believe one person who did take it at the end didn't take it in the beginning because they did not have a google account. At the beginning, I had everyone log into their google account and take the survey. At the end, I sent it out in the e-mail.

My analysis of the data:


 * Question #1 - How do you see your students in your classroom using technology?
 * interpreting, summarizing, paraphrasing, explaining jumped about 24% from beginning to end surveys - which tells me that more students were summarizing and paraphrasing using technology
 * comparing, validating/credibility, linking, media clipping - jumped about 21% from beginning to end surveys - which tells me that teachers had the students link and compare more than they thought they would at the beginning of the year
 * creating, designing, constructing - jumped about 7% from beginning to end - which tells me that teachers were having the students design more than they thought they would have at the beginning of the year
 * With the lessons that I modeled or had modeled by other teachers, I see that a percentage of the teachers did try different technology lessons so students were able to create, compare, and interpret more using the technology tools.


 * Question #2 - How do you see yourself in your classroom using technology?
 * comparing, validating/credibility, linking, media clipping - jumped about 18% - which tells me that more teachers felt comfortable using technology to link and compare
 * collaborating, networking, testing, commenting, reviewing - jumped about 15% - which tells me that more teachers felt comfortable collaborating and networking with technology
 * With the on-line collaborative tools that were modeled in my lessons, I see that teachers did use technology more than they thought they were going to.


 * Question #3 - How familiar are you with Google Docs?
 * There was a jump of 10% saying they had created something in at least one of the Google features.
 * This 10% increase tells me that the GAME PLAN that I had three times a week emphasized a lot of Google features and the teachers were trying more features! That is a great result!


 * Question #4 - What is your level of confidence in implementing differentiation into your classroom?
 * With 10 being to the most confidence - there was a jump from #7-#10 of 7% increase of being more confident of differentation at the end of the year results.
 * I find that this 7% increase is a good result because I also demonstrated different differentiated technology tools through my GAME PLAN and some teachers are incorporating them and feeling comfortable with the results!


 * Question #5 - Would you participate in a differentiated instruction course if offered?
 * 88% said yes at the beginning of the year and 72% said yes at the end of the year.
 * My Game Plan lessons on differentiation may have helped teachers feel more comfortable and not need the course - I am not sure how to read that results of this question!


 * Question #6 - What is your level of familiarity with E-Metric and Achievement Series?
 * With 10 being very familiar with E-Metric and Achievement Series, the results for #7-#10 show 48% for both the beginning and ending.
 * This result tells me the ones that didn't want to know about E-Metric and Achievement Series did not come to any of my lessons. I know the 2 teachers I targeted should have known more about these two so not sure what happened.


 * Question #7 - Which two 21st Century Skills do you utilize the most in your classroom?
 * There was a jump of 15% for creating and innovating from beginning to end. There was also a jump of 10% in finding and evaluating information.
 * During our SIP process, we concentrated on finding and evaluating information and I believe teachers did more of that this year - at least more than they thought they would at the beginning of the year. Also - creating and innovating - I think that jumped so much because of the some of the modeling of different ways to have the students be more creating and innovative.


 * Question #8 - Which two 21st Century Skills do you utilize the least in your classroom?
 * One thing that stands out is the decrease from Creating and Innovating being the least from the beginning - which is a good result!