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Task 8- Teacher Feedback

I created a survey using Survey Monkey that I sent to the three teachers that I worked with. The survey was used to assess how the teachers felt about the overall experience in helping me throughout the semester to complete this project. The most important thing that I wanted to learn from the survey was if the teachers felt like they benefited and if they thought that their students benefited as well. A copy of the survey that was administered can be seen by clicking on the link below: [|Teachers' Feedback Survey]

After looking over the three surveys it seems as though the teachers that were involved were happy with the project and felt that they benefited from it. Two of the teachers stated in the beginning of this project stated that they were relatively familiar with technology however they do not use it as often as they would like in their classroom. The other teacher admitted that she knew how to use the programs but was scared to use them with her class. Now that the project is over, the teachers responded saying they are much more comfortable with using technology. They felt as though the ideas and assistance that I gave them made it easy to implement the technology. One teacher said she knows her students benefited from the implementation of the technology because of the quality of work that they were producing. She said her students were very excited to work on their writing projects when they knew they would get to produce the final project using Publisher on the computer.

The biggest struggle that was recognized by the three teachers as well as myself was the lack of face to face interaction that I was able to have with them throughout this project. Before my job was cut at BCES I had planned to meet with the Technology Coordinator for our school and learn all about Promethean Boards and how they could be incorporated into the classroom. However, my position was cut right before this training so I was not able to share this information with the teachers. We were all very excited about that opportunity because it is a new technology to the school. Although this was quite a setback, we all knew that there was nothing we could do about it. We were able to communicate as best as we could using email and I adjusted some of the recommendations that I made for them. Another recommendation that was made was to provide the teachers with an example of a newsletter/brochure that was done in Publisher and a PowerPoint so that they knew some of the capabilities that were involved in the programs beyond the basics. The teachers felt like they acquired a basic understanding of the programs and how they could be used for language arts but suggested thinking of some other activities that could be done in other subject matters.

Overall, I think the teachers were really excited about the knowledge that they gained from this experience. I think they will all use these two technology tools more frequently in their class as well as be more likely to use new technologies that they are not as familiar with.