Free Online SurveysWhat could they do for you? : Free Online SurveysWhat could they do for you? Dr. Sheila Tebbano
MCLA ITEC 603
Teaching and Learning
With Technology
Goals of today’s session : Goals of today’s session Participants will:
Take an online survey
Learn about free online survey tools and resources
Register for a free survey instrument
Develop a survey
Send it to at least two people
Review results
Complete the course evaluation
Data Dilemma : Data Dilemma In schools, we have an abundance of data.
We are data rich and many times, information poor!
How do we transform data into information?
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Benefits : Benefits Immediate access to data
Opportunity to share information in real time
Opportunity to share the information with all survey participants in “real time”
How many times have you taken a survey and never seen the results?
Pros and Cons of Conducting Live Surveys in the Classroom : Pros and Cons of Conducting Live Surveys in the Classroom Highly flexible.
Generates student interest.
Generates discussion even with a difficult group.
Non-threatening.
You learn what students find confusing before they leave.
Can use data for assessment reporting purposes. Time: some classroom and prep time required.
Need to be able to revise/load web pages for quick survey creation.
Just another survey– response rates? Are answers serious?
Your survey is only as good as your questions.
Doesn’t always fit the nature of the class.
What do you get for FREE? : What do you get for FREE? They allow you to design interactive questionnaires in html format.
The survey is stored and administered in the server of the survey company. Students, colleagues, parents, teachers have to visit a website to do the survey.
It may include different kind of questions: short answer, multiple choice, open answer, etc.
You have to register, but it is free unless you want to use the upgrade feature program.
Slide 9 : Survey Monkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com
offers a basic subscription that is free and includes
all of the basic features of SurveyMonkey. It's a
great option for individuals, students and anyone
who doesn't need the advanced features of
SurveyMonkey.
Basic subscribers are limited to a
total of 10 questions and 100 responses
per survey.
FREE Online Surveys : FREE Online Surveys http://www.surveymonkey.com
http://www.advancedsurvey.com
http://www.freeonlinesurveys.com
http://info.zoomerang.com
http://www.my3q.com
Next step… : Next step… Access an email account
You will have an email from me
Click on the link and taken the online survey
After everyone completes the survey, we will review the results.
Open this website : Open this website http://www.survey monkey.com
Glossary of Survey Terms : Glossary of Survey Terms For those of you that want to understand surveying terms…
http://knowledge-base.supersurvey.com/glossary.htm
Other Resources for Teachers : Other Resources for Teachers Buddy 2
http://www.buddyproject.org/jfy/teachers/assessment.asp
Positive Action K-12 (Surveys)
http://www.positiveaction.net/services/index.asp?ID1=2&ID2=500&ID3=501
Formsite: http://www.formsite.com : Formsite: http://www.formsite.com allows users to create surveys, registration forms, order forms, etc., using only FormSite.com. There is nothing to download and nothing to install. In just minutes you can have a form or survey up on the Internet collecting results. Basic accounts are free and offer five forms per account with 50 submissions per form a month.
Slide 16 : How do you think this
tool could help you
gather information?
Barriers?
Next steps?
Before you go… : Before you go… Any questions?
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
This PowerPoint is available at:
http://www.stebbano.com