WIT 2003Preliminary Survey

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Name:

School:

My school is:

part of CUIP

not a part of CUIP.

I don't know.

Email address (if you have one; otherwise leave this entry):

What is your position at your school?

How did you hear about WIT 2003? (Be specific)

What grade do you teach most of the time?

What subject do you teach most of the time?

Are you fully certified to teach?

yes

Do you have a master's degree?

yes

Which WIT homeroom are you in?

Select the response that indicates how often you do the following:

Select the response that indicates how confident you are in your ability to do the following.

How confident are you in your ability to:	Not at all confident	Minimally confident	Somewhat confident	Reasonably confident	Very confident
Use web resources to enhance your teaching.
Select search engines and phrase queries to find what you’re looking for on the Web.
Evaluate what you find on the Web.
Adapt web-based lessons to meet your students’ needs.
Develop a web-based project that targets specific skills, content, and standards
Evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based project
Use web-based assessments
Design performance measures that allow students to use rubrics as a guide for learning and self-assessment
Modify your instruction based on student performance
Modify your curriculum to engage student interests?
Design interest-centered curricula?
Interact with students in ways that engage their interests?
Analyze your students¹ motivations?
Support your students when their interest in the material is diminished?

Have you participated in any professional development about technology in education during the last 12 months?

yes

Below is a list of reasons that someone might want to take WIT. For each one, indicate how important it was for you in making the decision to apply to WIT 2003.

Receiving a stipend

Receiving recertification credits

Receiving lane promotional credit

My principal suggested WIT to me

Keeping up with my colleagues

Learning basic computer skills

Learning how to use e-mail

Learning better web search skills

Learning web development skills

Learning more about teaching and learning

Learning about curriculum development

Curiosity about using the web in education

Opportunity to explore education philosophy

Gaining access to the CUIP server

Please answer the following questions. (You may not know the answer to some of the questions, but you will learn those answers during WIT. If you don't know the answer, write "I don't know.")

Give the full web address of three search engines:

What is the name for the language or code used to create web pages?

What does "URL" stand for?

Describe what you would do if you had to find a web-based lesson on earthquakes:

What does "AUP" stand for?

If you are using a browser, and you get an error which says "Netscape is unable to locate the server: www.blah.com. The server does not have a DNS entry" what is the most likely cause?

What is the full address of your home page on the CUIP server?

What features of the World Wide Web can be helpful in making education more student centered?

How do you launch Netscape Composer from the Navigator window?

What is wrong with naming a web page "My Web Page.htm"?

Which of the following image file formats are NOT supported on the Web?

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