Speak Up Group Survey Questions

Grades 3-5 Survey

Instructions for Completing the Survey with Your Class – The survey is open until December 18, 2015

  1. This survey contains 17 multiple choice and1 open-ended question.All of the questions let you enter the number of students responding. Print the survey at contact the ProjectTomorrowTeam or a copyand use it to collect and tally your group or class responses.
  2. As a class, ask students to raise their hands to respond to each question and record the results.For some questions, you may want to receive written responses to protect students' privacy.
  3. For the open-ended questions, we recommend that you facilitate a short class discussion to select your group's favorite answers to these questions.Please feel free to put in as many of your students' ideas as you wish.
  4. When you are ready to enter all of the survey data, log onto enter the results. (If you have already collected your students' responses, please press the "Start Survey" button below to enter the data).Remember this is a group survey,please enter the total number of students responding to each survey option.
    Please note:We have disabled the use of the ENTER on the survey screen - please use the TAB key to advance between survey options.

(Note: For younger students, you may want to split the survey into two class sessions depending on their attention span. The lesson plan available at help you prepare students for any new vocabulary in this survey. Please feel free to skip a question or choice that has words that are unfamiliar.)

Here is some introductory text that you can use to explain the survey process to your students.

Hello Students:

Our class has a very special opportunity today to share our ideas with a national organization that cares about how schools are using technology for learning.The name of the organization is Project Tomorrow and each year, Project Tomorrow asks teachers, students and parents to answer some questions on a survey about how they are using computers and the Internet both at school and at home.We are going to fill out that survey together today as a class.

There are 18 questions on the survey. I am going to read a question from the survey and then give you some possible answers. Please raise your hand when I read a possible answer that is true for you.The last question on the survey is a discussion question. So, we will have a discussion about your possible answers to that question. I will then input your ideas into the computer and send it to Project Tomorrow.

Students all over the country just like you are participating in this survey with their teachers. Your answers are very important to Project Tomorrow. The people at Project Tomorrow will share what wetell them with our national leaders in Washington DC to help make it easier for all students and teachers to use technology in the classroom. They also want to thank you for your participation in this survey.

Let’s get started. Here is the first question.

If you complete the Grades 3-5 Group survey – the program will prompt you for the total number of students in your class that participated in the survey. This information is used for data validation only.

Response / Number of Responses
1 / What grade are you in? (One response per student) / Number of Responses
 / Grade 3
 / Grade 4
 / Grade 5
2 / Raise your hand if you are a… (One response per student) / Number of Responses
 / Girl
 / Boy
3 / How much do you know about how to use technology? (One response per student) / Number of Responses
 / I know more than others in my class
 / I know the same as others in my class
 / I don't know as much as others in my class
4 / Which of these things do you do using computers or the Internet for schoolwork? (Students may answer more than once) / Number of Responses
 / Create videos about what I know
 / Play digital learning games
 / Email classmates to ask about schoolwork
 / Email my teacher with questions
 / Go online to check my grades
 / Post to our class blog
 / Read e-books or stories on a tablet or laptop
 / Take tests online
 / Use mobile apps
 / Use Google Apps for Education
 / Use online textbooks
 / Do projects with other students
 / Watch a video made by my teacher
 / Watch a video that I find myself
5 / Which of these mobile devices do you have for your own use? Don't count devices that your school has given you to use. (Student may answer more than once) / Number of Responses
 / Phone that does not have Internet
 / Phone with Internet (like iPhone, Samsung Galaxy)
 / Laptop
 / Laptop that can turn into a tablet
 / Web-based laptop (like Chromebook)
 / Tablet (like an iPad)
 / Mobile reading device (like a Kindle or Nook)
6 / Where do you most often use the Internet outside of school to do homework? (Student may answer more than once) / Number of Responses
 / Where I live
 / Where other family members live
 / At a friend’s house
 / In the public library
 / At an after school center
 / At a fast food restaurant
 / On a school bus
 / I don't need to use the Internet to do my homework
 / Outside of school, I cannot use the Internet to do homework
7 / Do you think all students should be able to use a laptop, tablet, or Chromebook at school? (One response per student) / Number of Responses
 / Yes
 / No
 / Not sure
8 / When you think about reading stories or a book, would you rather use a tablet, laptop, or Chromebook or read a printed book? (One response per student) / Number of Responses
 / Tablet, laptop or Chromebook
 / Printed book
9 / Do you think it is important for students to be able to use the Internet to help them with homework outside of school? (Students may answer more than once) / Number of Responses
 / Yes
 / No
 / Not sure
10 / When you grow up, would you like a job that uses science, math, or computers? (One response per student) / Number of Responses
 / Yes
 / No
 / Maybe
11 / When you grow up, would you like to be a teacher? (One response per student) / Number of Responses
 / Yes
 / No
 / Maybe
12 / What do you like about playing video, online, or digital games to help you with learning? (Students may answer more than once) / Number of Responses
 / Connects what I am learning to the real world
 / Fits the way I want to learn
 / I learn more this way
 / Helps me become a better thinker and problem solver
 / I am in charge of my learning
 / I am learning how to work with others
 / I am learning skills that I can use when I’m older
 / I am more interested in what we are learning
 / I like school more
 / Keeps my attention
 / Makes it easier to learn
 / School is more fun
 / The game knows to make it harder or easier for me
 / I don’t want to play games at school
13 / Would you like to learn how to write programs to make computers do things, like in Scratch or Minecraft? (One response per student) / Number of Responses
 / Yes
 / No
 / I already do that
 / I do this in an after school program already
14 / Read these sentences. Mark the box if you agree with them. By using technology to help with my learning… (Students may answer more than once) / Number of Responses
 / I work with my classmates more
 / I talk to my teacher more
 / My grades are better
 / I am more creative
 / I am a better thinker and problem solver
 / I understand what we are learning in class better
 / I have more control over how I learn things
 / I get to learn at my own speed
 / I finish more of my homework
 / I like school more
 / I share my ideas in class more
 / I can go home and continue learning after school
15 / In what subjects have you watched online videos or movies to help you with schoolwork or homework? (Students may answer more than once) / Number of Responses
 / Technology
 / English/Language Arts
 / Math
 / Reading
 / Science
 / Social Studies
 / None
16 / What do you like about watching online videos or movies to help you with learning? (Students may answer more than once) / Number of Responses
 / Connects what I am learning to the real world
 / Easy to access on a mobile device
 / Lots of different videos to watch
 / Fits the way I want to learn
 / Makes it easier to learn
 / Keeps my attention
 / Teaches me in a different way than my teacher does
 / I learn more quickly watching videos
 / I can watch them over and over
 / I learn more this way than reading a book
 / I am more interested in what we are learning
 / School is more fun
 / I don't like watching videos for learning
16 / Imagine you are building a new school. Which of these things would you have in that school to help students learn? Mark the things you would want. (Student may answer more than once) / Number of Responses
 / 3D printers
 / Chromebook for every student
 / Google Apps for Education
 / Digital reader (like Kindle, Nook)
 / Interactive whiteboards
 / Internet access anywhere at school
 / Laptop for every student
 / Mobile apps for learning
 / Digital learning games
 / Online tests
 / Online textbooks
 / Online videos and movies
 / Tablet for every student
 / Tools to make videos
 / Other

Open Ended:

17.)Imagine you are going to create a video or a game to teach other students about something that interests you in science. Tell us about your video or game, and how it would help other students learn more about science.

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