1. JFK Middle School Tech Survey
José E. Cartagena-Ortiz
Technology Integration Assistant
JFK Middle School
November 1st, 2010

2. Why this survey?
• Create a Tech Knowledge Sharing Community…
– Create a tech profile of the of the JFK Middle School faculty
– Develop a plan for tech professional development
– Develop a plan for tech support
– Start sharing tech knowledge!
Goal: Best assist with the integration of tech in to the
teaching-learning process.

3. Q1: Use of tech equipment
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
TV VHS
Player
DVD
Player
Audio
Recorder/Player
Desktop
C
om
puter
Laptop
Com
puter
Scanner
Digital Projector
O
ver head
projector
Sm
art board
Digital Cam
era
Digital video
Cam
era
O
ther:
Daily
2X/WK
Weekly
Seldom-Wks
Monthly/Bi Monthly
Seldom
Never

4. Q2: Why use the technological equipment
• Make life easier
• Like to play music when we work
• Bring life + energy
• Make material/lessons accessible
• Helps with teaching-learning process
1/4

5. Q2: Why use the technological equipment
• Visual and audiovisual display/support
– Pair with verbal info
– Show examples
– Make connections
– For visual learners
– “A pic can be worth a 1,000 words”
– Allow students to hear a target language
2/4

6. Q2: Why use the technological equipment
• Interactive
• Engaging
• Project
– Process
– Write on screen
• Use tech that is expected to be used by the student
• Would use it, don’t have any
• Writing disabilities
• Organization
• Assessments
3/4

7. Q2: Why use the technological equipment
• “Kids respond better to tech”
• Research
• Supplement textbooks
• Supplement students understanding of subject matter
• Grades
• Documents
• Compute (calculate)
• Allow students to work…
4/4

8. Q3: Felt at a disadvantage in the use of tech
“What does this
means?”

9. 5%
16.22%
38%
40.54%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Yes
Some times
No
NA
felt disadvantage
Q3: Felt at a disadvantage in the use of tech

10. Q4: Computer Preferred
16%
78%
0%

11. Q5: Use the following computer software
A lot
Regularly
Seldom
Don’t use it
NA
Other

12. 16%
81%
3%
Yes No NA
Q6: Open Source computer software

13. 100%
Yes No NA
Q7: Internet users

14. 54%
27%
3%
11%
5%
Several times a day
Few times day
Once a day
Several times a week
Few times a week
Few times a month
NA
Q8: Use the Internet

15. Q9: Connected to the Internet from…
3%
0%
0%
5%
59%
97%
Home
Work
Public Place
Internet Cafe
Restaurant
Other: Smart phone

16. 0.00%
2.70%
10.81%
62.16%
35.14%
Q10: Preferred Internet browser

17. Chat
e-mail
IM
Others
Daily 2X/WK Weekly Seldom No
Q11: Communication through the Internet

18. 22%
5%
35%
8%
19%
Q12: e-mail carrier preferred

19. 16%
5%
5%
3%
0%
Q13: Instant messaging (IM) preferred

20. Q14: Use any of these web sites?
89%

21. Q14: Use any of these web sites?
43%
24 %-27% 57% 68%

22. Q15: Are you familiar with…
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70%
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23. Q14 + Q15… Social Networking
Q15: 73% Q14: 11%

24. Q14 + Q15… Social Bookmark
Q15: 19% Q14: 5%

25. Q14 + Q15…
Q15: 38% Q14: 18%
Media Sharing

26. Q14 + Q15… Blog
Q15: 70% Q14: 4%

27. Q14 + Q15…
Q15: 11% Q14: 4%
Microblog

28. Q14 + Q15… Wiki
Q15: 49% Q14: 25%

29. Q14 + Q15… Collaborative real-time editors
Q15: 14% Q14: 21%

30. Q14 + Q15… Social Software
Q15: 19% Q14: 7%

31. Q16: Use of the Internet in teaching-learning process
19%
78%
Yes No

32. 73%
81%
43%
To prepare your courses To support your courses To impart your courses
Q17: Uses of the Web in teaching-learning process

33. Q18: Web Pages, Blogs or others Web tools
63%
5%
16%
7%
0%
16%
9%
Yes No Not yet NA
Web Page Blog Other

34. Q19: Web Sites used to support or compliment classes
• Google
• Scholastic
• HowStuffWorks
• WordrefeRence.com
• Puzzlemaker
• National Geographic
• Smithsonian Institution
• Amazon.com
• Fight Bac
• MyPyramid.gov
• AllRecipes.com
• Places in the world
• CNN.com
• Pearson SuccessNet
• doe.mass.edu
• Kurzweil Educational Systems
• Readability
• Natural Readers
• Flashcard Machine
• Webspiration
• BrainPOP
• SchoolNotes 2.0
1/2

35. Q19: Web Sites used to support or compliment classes
• The New York Times
• Wikipedia
• LD OnLine
• Teachers' Domain
• Discovery
• Glencoe Public Library
• BBC
• World News
• weather.com
• YouTube
• LearningPlanet.com
• Digital History
• Learning channel-TLC
• Blogger
• Math Playground
• CountryReports
2/2

36. Q20: Suggestions and/or recommendations
• Limitation of equipment:
– More computers
– More Smart Boards
– Projectors
• Access to equipment:
– Scanner
– Smart Board
– To a computer lab…
• “Computer lab will be good!”
• “Easy access to a lab will give me confidence”
• Access to programs:
– Deleted at the end of semester
1/2

37. Q20: Suggestions and/or recommendations
• Unblock sites
– Access sites that can be helpful
• Help with:
– Webpage creation
– use the CMP effectively
– MS Office Publisher
– Use of Smart Board
– Improvement of Webpage
• Needs:
– Workshops and training sections
– Ways to use tech that are beneficial for the actual learners
– How to incorporate tech
2/2

39. JFK Technology Integration Assistance Website
http://jcartagenaortiz.northampton-k12.us/

40. Gracias…