BP14_20091103_Peer_Blog_Review_2_w_Romel_Survey_Monkey

Sunday, November 8, 2009
BP8_20091108_Web 2.0: Survey Monkey

Getting to know 20+ students each school year is a challenge. I try to find out something about each one as the school year goes along. Some things I find out late in the school year that would be helpful to know at the beginning of the year. There are lots of getting to know you games and ice breakers that help get the kids out of their shells a little bit at the beginning of the year but the knowledge of who the kids really are is still a mystery. I was thinking of how I could get to know more info about the kids without having to take up a large amount of class time to do it and I thought that a survey would be a good way to find out about the kids.
I created a survey in my last course and thought that it could be a beneficial tool to use to get to know my students more quickly at the beginning of the year. The Web 2.0 tool I liked was Survey Monkey. It allows you to create a survey very easily and quickly. You can create your own questions, design your own rating system and provide a space for comments as often as you would like throughout the survey.
My idea:
My plan is to begin thinking of things that I would like to know about my students early in the school year so that I am better able to address their needs. I would include things like who they live with, how much they like school, etc. I would then take a look at the information I’ve gathered and use it as a way to connect with the kids early in the school year.
Future idea:
I think creating a survey for my parents to complete may help me create a better home/school connection. If I designed a survey asking parents what they expect for the school year, how they feel about school, etc I can better connect with the parents of my students and in turn hopefully create a better working relationship with the families.
Posted by Romel at 5:16 PM

Toni McBride said...
Romel: How perfect is your timing! I have been planning to have my students complete a survey in class in reference to my AR.

The delay is because I thought that I needed to create, type, and copy the survey and I have not really had the time for that. My goal is to complete a survey this weekend and vola-here is your review of Survey Monkey.

I have played around on the sight because of your blog post and it fits for me. You are correct in your description of how user friendly the sight is. I will now be using this tool to create the survey I need now and I also will be borrowing your idea about using a survey as a getting to know the students tool. Thanks for the very useful info.

November 13, 2009 10:36 PM