Quarter 3 Math Lab Survey

This survey will give feedback as to which activities you have learned well, and which activities we need to spend more or less time on.

Tools

Name:

Check all that apply

	I have a PC computer at home (IBM compatible)
	I have a MAC computer at home
	I have access to the internet at home
	I use a scanner at home
	I use a digital camera at home
	I take video clips at home
	I have access to a printer at home
	I do not have a computer at home

BEFORE MATH LABS THIS YEAR...

	I've used a digital camera before
	I've created a single web page before
	I've linked more than one web page together before
	I've used a scanner before
	I knew how to copy images from the internet into a new file
	I've used backgrounds and themes on documents
	I've inserted charts and graphs into documents
	I knew how to format text
	I knew how to search the web
	I knew how to manipulate photos (crop, resize, outline)
	I used basic PowerPoint (basic information)
	I used advanced PowerPoint (special effects)
	I used the SmartBoard before for presentations

Rank your skills on creating your own web page...

Rank your skills on using the digital camera...

Rank your skills using the scanner...

Rank your skills linking one page to another...

Rank your skills at copying an image from the web and pasting into a document...

Rank your skills at copying an image from the digital camera, and inserting into your document...

Rank your skills at applying a background or theme to a web page...

Rank your skills at changing the font, size, or color of words using the formatting menu...

Rank your skills manipulating photos (cropping, resizing, outlining)

Rank your skills using basic PowerPoint. Inserting a slide, a picture, a text box...

Rank your skills using advanced PowerPoint. Using animations, transitions, backgrounds, themes, special effects...

Rank the following Math Lab activities from most fun to least fun

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
creating specific pages for the Electronic Portfolio
specific math skills using Quarter Mile
online math activities
math software: Zoombinis
math software: Operation Neptune
creating PowerPoint presentations
learning new technology: scanners, digital cameras,
presenting on the SmartBoard

Rank the quarter project activities from most enjoyable (1) to least enjoyable (3)

	1	2	3
Metric Olympics/Egg Drop/ Hollywood Squares (Measurement)
Polyhedra (Geometry)
Math--You Need It! (Careers)

I consider myself to be independent in the following technological skill...

		1	2	3	4	5
microsoft word	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
spreadsheets	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
database	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
math software: Zoombinis, Operation Neptune, Quarter Mile	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
PowerPoint	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
Scanner	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
Digital Camera	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
cutting and pasting words/images from the internet	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
creating a single webpage	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
linking more than one webpage together	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
inserting pictures from a shared file on the server	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
presenting on the SmartBoard	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
searching on the internet	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
finding stock quotes on the internet	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree

Math lab is...

		1	2	3	4	5
a good way to learn technology	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
a good way to practice technology	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
a good way to learn math	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
a good way to practice math	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
more motivating than most activities in the classroom	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
a way for me to work at my own speed	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
something I look forward to each week	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree
more technology than math	Strongly agree						Strongly disagree

Name the one area in technology or math you think you've shown the most growth in this year...explain

Name an area you think we should spend more time on next year...explain

Are there any areas in technology you feel you do not know well enough to get by in high school with...explain

Are there any areas in math you feel you do not know well enough to get by in high school with...explain

Overall, do you think Math Labs are a valuable use of math time...why or why not

Why do you think you were required to create an Electronic Portfolio this year? Explain...

Why do you think Math--You Need It! was a required quarter project for grade 8 math/algebra? Explain...

Holmen Middle School

Holmen, WI