The completion of these assignments will count as a day of school and the students will not need to make the day up at the end of the year. I feel like these days were successful and it would be great to expand upon this experience to do more online learning throughout the year.
Before expanding the experience however, I need to get feedback from my students to see how successful the day was for them.
Here is the link to that survey:
Ciarla Online Learning Survey
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ReplyDeleteCiarla, I have never heard of blizzard bags. Since I live in the south we rarely have snow, but the concept of blizzard bags and the way it will be used is an excellent idea. My goal is to teach early childhood or elementary online classes. I think your survey would be excellent for this age group. I found your survey to be very user friendly. The fact that your questions were short and precise, made this survey very user friendly for younger students. One thing you can do to improve your survey for younger users is stick with one rating format.
ReplyDeleteDave - I may very well appropriate your idea with due credit. This is great instrument to give kids a voice in their learning and sets a serious tone for the day's work. What is the intent for the data collected? Have you considered formulating something similar for parents or other stakeholders? Noting Jacquelyn comment - I am not bothered by using different rating format - it may be confusing for some kids?, but I think it might make it more interesting.
ReplyDeleteI want to reiterate Joe's enthusiasm. I think this is a great idea, and I'm really glad you'll be gathering data on the students' perspective on its success. I think Joe's quite right - gathering data from teachers (did the students retain the information, do the work, seem excited?) and other stake-holders would make this an even more powerful tool. Just having this data will make it easier to demonstrate how the program is working.
ReplyDeleteOne challenge I foresee for this survey is the long amount of time that has passed since the lessons. I feel like this might undercut some of the survey's reliability - you might get more of a response based on feelings about the experience than the students' recollection of the lesson. One way you might combat that is to offer some multiple-selection, multiple-choice questions. For example, you asked, "The technology features, such as links to outside webpages, videos and interactive elements made the assignment more enjoyable." Maybe instead ask students to select from a list (youtube videos, kahn academy tutorials, interactive games, chat-room discussions, community boards) which tools they found enjoyable, and again which ones they did not.
I feel most respondents would answer some of your current questions the same way, and more options would get you more detailed, actionable data. Maybe look for ways to gather a little more detail (I worked for "less than 1 hour", "1-2 hours", "2-4 hours") so that you have your data in a sharper focus where possible.
It's worth repeating - really cool idea, and something that other districts should be thinking about doing. Nice job!
Dave - Your survey elicits a variety of different opinions from students about their learning in an easy-to-understand format.
ReplyDeletePositive Comment - You ask questions in a very concise manner that gets student to think about their experiences and the change they wish to see from themselves and the teacher.
Suggestion for Improvement - The language you use seems a bit too informal for this setting and can be made more specific.
Hi David-
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool idea "Blizzard Bags" is. I may have to pick your brain about the logistics of this! I like your survey. I personally think the language you used is appropriate for students of this age. A suggestion I have is if you are going to use the format strongly agree to strongly disagree with several numbers in between you may want to clarify what those degrees in between mean and how they differ. I have a feeling you would get questions about those specific questions.