Task+5

Task 5: Student Needs Assessment

Question 1: Attitudes towards technology Question 2: How often do you use technology?  Question 3: What technology do you use?
 * [|Student Needs Assessment]
 * Summary of Findings**
 * games= 56.5% love it, 34.8% like it, 4.3% dislike it, and 4.3% said they never used it for that purpose.
 * publishing work= 56% loved it, 43.5% liked it, and dislike it and never used had zero respondents
 * research= 0% never used technology for this purpose, while 26.1% loved it, 69.6% liked it, and 4.3% disliked it
 * note taking= 21.7% of students who loved it, 43.5% who liked it, 26.1% that disliked it and 8.7% that never used it at all
 * 73.9% two to four times a week
 * 0% never used technology but in the same respect
 * 0% use it daily
 * 13% use it once a week
 * 100% used Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, as well as Type-to-Learn
 * 0% of the students had ever used digital cameras, blogging, audacity, or Bubble.us T
 * 73.9%, of students use technology for research using SIRS Online
 * moderate use by students; Microsoft Publisher, 43.5%, Photostory, 34.8%, and Inspiration, 21.7%
 *  4.3% of students said they’d used both Microsoft Excel and webnote

Question 4: What technology would you like to use?
 * None received a response less than 31.8%
 * Top uses that students wanted to learn were Microsoft Publisher, 81.8% and Bubble.us at 77.3% T
 * Rest of the uses scored were between the 31.8% and 68.2%

Question 6: What content areas do you use technology in? > > >
 * Writing=100%
 * Reading and Social studies were tied in second with 95.7%
 * Math and science were the lowest response recipients
 * Interpretation of Data:**
 * students are using technology in all content areas
 * Even though students didn’t like to use technology for note taking, that use received the second most votes for wanting to use it
 * students LOVE technology and want to use it for every purpose
 * This data also shows the importance of continually training teachers to integrate technology. Lack of training could be the reason that teachers are not using the newest technology with their students; blogging, audacity, and Bubble.us.
 * Students felt like they disliked using technology for note taking, however, at the most, 21.7% percent of students said that they’d actually used a note taking tool to take notes.