TESOL AND TECHNOLOGY COURSE. - (copy)

This is a needs assesment survey regarding a future course in Technology and TESOL. Please take a few minutes to answer this survey and submit it. It would help a lot to find out if a course proposal regarding such a course is worth my efforts and the efforts and time of the curriculum committee. Please feel free not to have all the answers to all the questions. Just do the best you can and do it without using any web dictionary or other resource. Thank you very much.
Georgia Smyrniou

PS The survey is anonymous and processed by the Quia company not by me. I own the questionnaire but not the analysis of the results.
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  1. Which of the following spreadsheet applications are you comfortable using? You may choose more than one.
    1. MS Excel
    2. Lotus 123
    3. Quattro Pro
    4. Other (Please email me which one)
    5. I do not use spreadsheets and computers for grades


  1. How would you describe your skill level with the Windows operating system? You may choose more than one.
    1. Novice
    2. Some experience
    3. Average
    4. Above Average
    5. Advanced
    6. I use another system


  1. Which of the following text editing applications are you comfortable using? You may choose more than one.
    1. Notepad
    2. Wordpad
    3. WordPerfect
    4. MS Word
    5. WordStar
    6. WordPro
    7. I use another program
    8. I do not use any text editor


  1. Which of the following presentation applications are you comfortable using? You may choose more than one.
    1. Corel presentations
    2. MS Power Point
    3. Adobe Premiere
    4. Macromedia Flash
    5. I use another program
    6. I do not use presentation applications


  1. Which of the following operating systems are you comfortable using? You may choose more than one
    1. Windows95
    2. Windows98 or 98SE
    3. WindowsNT
    4. Windows 2000
    5. WindowsXP
    6. Mac O/S
    7. Linux or Unix
    8. None of the above


  1. Do you think this is a correct URL (it means Web address)for the home page of the RUM English Department?
    ftp://www.english.uprm.edu
    1. Yes
    2. No


  1. When you see a file name to be followed by .rtf it means that the file is:
    1. Formated text
    2. MS Word file
    3. Movie
    4. Web Document
    5. Unformated text
    6. None of the above
    7. I do not know


  1. When you see a file name to be followed by .avi it means that the file is:
    1. Formated text
    2. MS Word
    3. Movie
    4. Web Document
    5. Unformated text
    6. None of the above
    7. I do not know


  1. When a file name is followed by .doc it is
    1. Formated text
    2. MS Word File
    3. Movie
    4. Web Document
    5. Unformated text
    6. None of the above
    7. I do not know


  1. When a file name is followed by .html it is
    1. Formated text
    2. MS Word file
    3. Movie
    4. Web Document
    5. Unformated Text
    6. None of the above
    7. I do not know


  1. When a file name is followed by .txt it is
    1. Formted text
    2. MS Word file
    3. Movie
    4. Web Document
    5. Unformated Text
    6. None of the above
    7. I do not know


  1. The courses that are offered right now in the Department are enough to enhance my learning of new technologies and their applicability in my teaching and/or research activites
    1. Yes
    2. No


  1. Do you think a course teaching our students in the graduate level how to integrate internet technology and TESOL including on line teaching, would be helpful in terms of the students' professional development?


  1. If you have answered only yes or no in question #13 please explain more your answer.


  1. Which are the internet pages you visit mostly for your classes and/or research?


  1. Do you have a personal Web presence (this means home page)?


  1. If your answer in 16 is Yes:
    a. Did you create it or somebody else did it for you?


  1. Would you like to add anything else?