The use of ICT in teaching at Scotch.

This is to gather information on our use of ICT in classes to enable planning for the future. The survey is an initiative of the ICT Review committee (Jamie Kane (C), Suzette Boyd, Helen Feutrill, Libby Moore, Rob Braidwood, Syd Boydell)

For this survey, ICT is taken to mean the knowledge, skills and behaviours that enable students to access, process, manage and present information; model and control events; construct new understandings; and communicate with others.
Name (optional): 


  1. How many years have you been teaching (secondary level)?
    0 - 2 years
    2 - 5 years
    5 - 10 years
    10 - 15 years
    more than 15 years


  1. Please rate your confidence with using ICT in your teaching
     
      1 2 3 4  
    not confident  very confident


  1. Please list the year levels that you normally teach.
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    Support/specialist/teacher-librarian


  1. Please list the curriculum area(s) that you normally teach in.
    English
    Mathematics
    Science (including Psychology)
    History/Politics
    Geography
    LOTE
    Drama
    Music
    PE/Health
    CE
    ICT
    Commerce
    Art
    Design Technology


  1. This question and those following are about a range of student learning issues and their connection with ICTs. We are aware that some of them may not be relevant to your subject(s). There is no need to answer these questions.

    This question is about independent learning by students at Scotch.

    Please rate the importance of ICTs for this and your success with them to date.



            1 2 3 4 5 6       Not relevant to my subject(s)
      Importance low high  
      Success low high  


  1. This question is about motivation and engagement of students at Scotch.

    Please rate the importance of ICTs for this and your success with them to date.



            1 2 3 4 5 6       Not relevant to my subject(s)
      Importance low high  
      Success low high  


  1. This question is about integration and presentation of media (eg eFolios, Powerpoint) by students at Scotch.

    Please rate the importance of ICTs for this and your success with them to date.



            1 2 3 4 5 6       Not relevant to my subject(s)
      Importance low high  
      Success low high  


  1. This question is about academic collaboration by students at Scotch.

    Please rate the importance of ICTs for this and your success with them to date.



            1 2 3 4 5 6       Not relevant to my subject(s)
      Importance low high  
      Success low high  


  1. This question is about assessment tasks for students at Scotch.

    Please rate the importance of using ICTs for these and your success with them to date.



            1 2 3 4 5 6       Not relevant to my subject(s)
      Importance low high  
      Success low high  


  1. This question is about research by students at Scotch.

    Please rate the importance of ICTs for this and your success with them to date.



            1 2 3 4 5 6       Not relevant to my subject(s)
      Importance low high  
      Success low high  


  1. This question is about students at Scotch planning and managing their academic work.

    Please rate the importance of ICTs for this and your success with them to date.



            1 2 3 4 5 6       Not relevant to my subject(s)
      Importance low high  
      Success low high  


  1. This question is about students at Scotch data-logging, graphing, charting and analysing scientific or other data.

    Please rate the importance of ICTs for this and your success with them to date.



            1 2 3 4 5 6       Not relevant to my subject(s)
      Importance low high  
      Success low high  


  1. This question is about students at Scotch communicating and receiving feedback about their academic work.

    Please rate the importance of ICTs for this and your success with them to date.



            1 2 3 4 5 6       Not relevant to my subject(s)
      Importance low high  
      Success low high  


  1. This question is about students at Scotch addressing and developing their different learning styles/methods.

    Please rate the importance of ICTs for this and your success with them to date.



            1 2 3 4 5 6       Not relevant to my subject(s)
      Importance low high  
      Success low high  


  1. This question is about students at Scotch mastering various ICT applications.

    Please rate the importance of this and your success to date.



            1 2 3 4 5 6       Not relevant to my subject(s)
      Importance low high  
      Success low high  


  1. This question is about the ways we can best improve our use of ICT in our teaching programs.

    Please rank each of the items below in terms of its strategic value in this improvement.



            1 2 3 4      
      ICT tasks should be 'written into' the curriculum low value high value  
      We should have roving experts who can help us implement ICT initiatives low value high value  
      We need more department time working together on this low value high value  
      We need more individual training in using a range of ICT tools low value high value  
      We need more preparation time to move to ICT rich lessons low value high value  
      We need more technical support with using software low value high value  
      Teachers need to be aware of the range of learning styles in their classes low value high value  
      Assessment should include the use of ICT  low value high value  
      Sets of light laptops should be readily available for classroom use low value high value  
      We need more computer labs low value high value  
      Each student should have their own laptop or netbook low value high value  
      We should make more use of smaller devices (eg iPhones) low value high value  
      We need everyone to use the LMS (currently Learning Point) routinely low value high value  
      We need an improved, easier to use LMS low value high value  
      We need to increase the student use of ICTs such as email, LMS, surveys,... low value high value  


  1. Which of the following software applications do you currently make use of (or expect the boys to use)?
    Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
    Internet browsers (Explorer, Firefox, Safari...)
    Publisher
    Skype
    Inspiration
    Rationale
    Online discussion tools
    Wikis
    Google documents
    Google Earth
    Google sketchup
    Photoshop (including Elements)
    Illustrator
    GPS and/or geocaching
    Interactive whiteboard software
    Search engines (Google, Bing,...)
    Library home page
    Clickview
    Photosharing sites (Flickr, Picasa,...)
    Quia
    Blogs
    Social bookmarking (eg Del.ic.ious)
    Social networking (eg Twitter, Facebook, Ning,..)
    Flash
    Yenka
    KeePad
    Mathletics
    Cabri and/or Geometers sketchpad
    TLF Learning Objects
    Gamemaker
    Dreamweaver
    Visual Basic
    Microworlds/Logo
    Robolab
    MovieMaker and/or iMovie
    GarageBand and/or Audacity
    FinalCut Express and/or Pro
    Filemaker Pro and/or Access
    Learning Point
    Foliomaker


  1. Please add any ideas you have for improving the use and usefulness of ICT in the academic program at Scotch.





Syd
University Lecturer in Physics and Science Education
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria