The Emergent Technology that I decided to use for my second one was the Survs tech, which focuses on the creation and distribution of surveys. This technology in particular interested me because of it inherent usefulness in one of my other classes that I am taking right now. In my E341 class, I have to go and interview either a high school senior or a middle school eighth grader. Our options on how to go about this are rather lengthy, and I dont wish to bore you with them, but one of the options is a personal interview in which we can either administer a survey of the various topics for interview, and then interview them in person in a more detailed way, or just interview them. I chose the former.
The website makes it incredibly easy to formulate questions and gives explainations that help to accurately dictate questions to the survey takers. Its easily navigable, there are many features that allow for easy formatting and quick editing. It is especially easy to display the information to others for taking the survey. Overall, the website is very helpful for any survey (for a set price) and increases the speed at which you can complete a survey. Here is a link for my survey:
http://www.survs.com/survey/ZHN7DRIZQH
Great job on your post, Eric! I think that surveys are a great tool for teachers to use and I plan on using them in my classroom in the future. I think they're a great way to get students involved. Good post!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a great tool. I can definitely see the kids taking surveys for a lesson in school. I'm glad to hear that it is user friendly. I will definitely check it out. Great job!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to use a survey to interview students. That would make it easier because then you would at least know what questions you would want to ask at the time of the interview.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good idea to do an interview with this. Great job.
ReplyDeleteI like this post, I have never heard of this before! I can see my self using this once I get into the blocks, or just as a teacher. Thanks for the great info!
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