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Free Online Surveys What could they do for you?. Dr. Sheila Tebbano March 23, 2007 Schenectady City School District Superintendent’s Conference Day. Goals of today’s session. Participants will: Take an online survey Learn about free online survey tools and resources
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Free Online SurveysWhat could they do for you? Dr. Sheila Tebbano March 23, 2007 Schenectady City School District Superintendent’s Conference Day
Goals of today’s session Participants will: • Take an online survey • Learn about free online survey tools and resources • Register for a free survey instrument • Develop a survey • Send it to at least two people • Review results • Complete the course evaluation
Data Dilemma • In schools, we have an abundance of data. • We are data rich and many times, information poor! • How do we transform data into information?
Benefits • Immediate access to data • Opportunity to share information in real time • Opportunity to share the information with all survey participants in “real time” • How many times did you take a survey and never see the results?
What data will the survey provide? • http://www.surveymonkey.com/DisplaySummary.asp?SID=2805589&U=280558936552
Pros and Cons of Conducting Live Surveys in the Classroom Highly flexible. Generates student interest. Generates discussion even with a difficult group. Non-threatening. You learn what students find confusing before they leave. Can use data for assessment reporting purposes. Time: some classroom and prep time required. Need to be able to revise/load web pages for quick survey creation. Just another survey– response rates? Are answers serious? Your survey is only as good as your questions. Doesn’t always fit the nature of the class.
What do you get for FREE? • They allow you to design interactive questionnaires in html format. • The survey is stored and administered in the server of the survey company. Students, colleagues, parents, teachers have to visit a website to do the survey. • It may include different kind of questions: short answer, multiple choice, open answer, etc. • You have to register, but it is free unless you want to use the upgrade feature program.
Survey Monkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com offers a basic subscription that is free and includes all of the basic features of SurveyMonkey. It's a great option for individuals, students and anyone who doesn't need the advanced features of SurveyMonkey. Basic subscribers are limited to a total of 10 questions and 100 responses per survey.
FREE Online Surveys • http://www.surveymonkey.com • http://www.advancedsurvey.com • http://www.freeonlinesurveys.com • http://info.zoomerang.com • http://www.my3q.com
Next step… • Open your school email • You will have an email from me • Click on the link and taken the online survey • After everyone completes the survey, we will review the results.
Open this website http://www.survey monkey.com
Survey Link for elementary school substitute teachers: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=722422580337Hello my name is Katherine Greenberg, I am a certified substitute in the Seattle and Highline School Districts in Washington. For the last year I have been completing my masters in elementary school education at Antioch University in Seattle. Currently, I am researching what makes an effective elementary school substitute and would be grateful if you would take a short survey for me. Please only take this survey if you were an elementary school substitute teacher. If you know someone that has been, or is currently an elementary school substitute teacher and could pass this survey along to them, I would be very thankful. I would like these surveys done before September 30, 2006 or ASAP. Please click on the link. If you have any questions you can email me at [email]Katherine_Greenberg@antiochsea.edu[/email] Thank you for your help!
Glossary of Survey Terms For those of you that want to understand surveying terms… • http://knowledge-base.supersurvey.com/glossary.htm
Other Resources for Teachers Buddy 2 • http://www.buddyproject.org/jfy/teachers/assessment.asp Survey Scholar http://www.surveyscholar.com/ Positive Action K-12 (Surveys) http://www.positiveaction.net/services/index.asp?ID1=2&ID2=500&ID3=501
Formsite: http://www.formsite.com • allows users to create surveys, registration forms, order forms, etc., using only FormSite.com. There is nothing to download and nothing to install. In just minutes you can have a form or survey up on the Internet collecting results. Basic accounts are free and offer five forms per account with 50 submissions per form a month.
How do you think this tool could help you gather information? Barriers? Next steps?
Before you go… • Any questions? • Complete your workshop evaluation • Did you sign in? • Thank you for attending. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. • This PowerPoint is available at: http://www.stebbano.com