Here are the results that the teachers of Goochland did to help me with my senior project. This is the Keynote Version. There is a PowerPoint version on my account too.
2. Teachers Who Took Survey
Elementary-31 teachers
Middle-9 teachers
High-26 teachers
Total: 66 teachers
3. How would you rate the availability of
technology in Goochland’s schools?
1-Poor, 10-Excellent 30.0
28
Most teachers rate 22.5
Goochland’s technology 8-10
19
out of 10. 15.0 16
I really believe Goochland 7.5
have excellent technology
2
0 1 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
# of Votes
4. Would you rather have a PC or Mac for
education?
PC-4 teachers
Mac-62 teachers
5. Why teachers choose PC?
PCs are mainly used in the business world.
Some are just more familiar with it.
Their home computer is a PC, and are used to it.
Students need to prepare for work, college or military.
6. Why teachers choose Macs?
Kid-friendly Easy to teach with
Easy to use Love iLife suite
Some were hooked on it within Easy to troubleshoot
a week
Less issues/problems
No viruses
Variety of software
Creativity
7. Do you think student should get
laptops?
14-Yes
52-No
8. Why students should have laptops?
“If a student doesn’t have a computer at home, then blogs,
PowerSchool access, etc. are useless for students and parents if they
don’t have one.”
“All students should have access to technology, and shouldn’t be
punished because they don’t have computers at home. . . They
should take care of their laptops.”
9. Many reasons why students don’t
need laptops.
Some won’t use them Could be a distraction
appropriately
Middle-schoolers aren’t mature
They don’t need it at all times enough
Too many responsibilities with Students should use their minds
uses off campus to think and solve problems, not
computers
Cost
Hacking into websites
Internet safety
Not enough tech. support if
every student had one
10. How long do you spend working on
your school computer at home?
Number of Teachers
11. Most used software teachers use to
teach with
iLife programs Internet
Adobe programs Neo Office
Google Docs Powerschool
iWork Programs SketchUp
Microsoft Office Comic Life
Moodle Scratch
Promethean Software FileMaker Pro
12. Most used software teachers use to
teach with
MasterKey (Typing)
QuickTime
Kidspiration
Timeliner
PhotoBooth
Accelerated Reader
13. How do you feel about the filtering of
websites at schools?
Need more to be filtered Need more to be unfiltered
Just Right
Need more to be filtered-16
teachers
Need more to be unfiltered-6
teachers
Just right-44 teachers
14. How prepared were you to use the
software you were unfamiliar with after
your training?
Not prepared- 5 teachers
Somewhat prepared- 42
teachers
Fully prepared- 19 teachers
15. Do you believe that there’s enough
software for students to use?
Yes- 56 teachers
No- 10 teachers
16. What teachers think we need to add.
Software for preschoolers can
use
Skill building software for every
level
Good test-taking software
Educational games
Adobe Photoshop for all
computers
17. How do you feel about using
technology as part of your job?
No teacher says that it’s
stressful, which is a good
thing
21 said it was challenging
45 said it was straightforward
18. If you don’t have a Promethean Board,
would you want one?
47-Yes
12-No
I don’t know why they
wouldn’t want one because
they are so much better than
the old fashioned
blackboards.
19. If you have a Promethean Board, do
you think it’s beneficial to your class?
Yes-21
No-2
20. What teachers want if they had an
unlimited budget?
Promethean Board in every Video chat with students/
room #1 choice of teachers parents
More computers Video equipment in every class
(DVD player, camera, etc.)
Laptops for students
Software to compose
Class set of laptops in every
worksheets, test/quizzes
room
Color printers/scanners in every
SOL related video games
department or classroom
Free internet access
21. What teachers want if they had an
unlimited budget?
More Science lab equipment
All teachers have an iPod
Projector for every teacher
Computer screen built into
desks
Some just like it the way it is
22. Experience on a computer before you
came to GCPS
1-None, 5-Expert
#of Votes
23. Internet connection at home
Slow-Dial-up-10 teachers
Fast-Cable, DSL, FiOS-56
teachers
I was really surprised by these
results. I thought more
teachers would have dial-up
One teacher have no Internet
at home