Results of the needs assessment

EDTL 506Fall 2012

Natalie Fonseca

Grade Level

pre-k

kindergarten

first

second

third

Years teaching

0-3

4-5 years

6-10 years

10-15 years

15-20 years

20-30 years

more than 30

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

below

basic

basic proficient advanced

technology skills

technology skills

0 10 20 30

email

microsoft word

powerpoint

webquest

google docs

blogging

audio/video podcasts

other subject-specific …

Software

Technologies

0 5 10 15 20 25

teacher run

overhead projector

interactive whiteboard

mobile computer lab

GPS units

PDAs, cellphones, ipods

hardware

hardware

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

not interest moderatley

interested

very interested

Productivity Tools

Productivity Tools

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

not interested moderately

interested

very interested

Wiki

Wiki

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

not interested moderately

interested

very interested

Podcasts

Podcasts

0 2 4 6 8 10

webquest

microsoft office

google docs

blogs

wikis

podcasting

technology most interested

technology most

interested

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No Interest

Some Interest

Lots of interests

I chose to do my technology professional development on wiki spaces and podcasts. Looking at the data from my survey I feel like these were the topics the teachers were most interested in learning more about. I also like that the wiki space and podcast can be used for all grade levels, so I feel this would benefit the teachers the most.