| 1. Tell us about you. | ||||||
Responses |
14 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| What is your area? | Math | Physics | Chemistry | Biology | Soc.Sci. | |
Responses |
2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||
| How long have you taught? | <5 | 5 to 10 | 11 to 15 | >15 | ||
Responses |
13 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Computer of choice? | Mac | PC | Sun | SGI | ||
Responses |
8 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Internet connection at home? | Yes | No | Trying | |||
| 2. Tell us about your school. | ||||||
Responses |
9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Is it on the Internet? | Modems | ISDN | T-1 | Not Yet | ||
Responses |
11 | 7 | 4 | |||
| Classroom computers? | Macs | PCs | None | |||
Responses |
1 | 13 | 4 | |||
| Anyone running Linux? | Yes | No | DonÕt Know | |||
| 3. Tell us about your students. | ||||||
Responses |
3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| What grade levels are they? | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Responses |
19 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Potential reaction to this project? | Interested | Skeptical | Antagonistic | Unknown | ||
| 5. Tell us about your impression of the applications' potential impact on your classroom. | ||||||
| Most desirable | OK | Disruptive | ||||
Responses |
6 | 6 | 5 | |||
| AirShed | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Responses |
5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Genesis | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Responses |
5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||
| n-Body | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Responses |
6 | 6 | 3 | |||
| AIDS | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
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2 | |||||
| Econ | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Responses |
1 | |||||
| Social Science | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
3. Tell us about your students:
What group is your biggest challenge?
Gifted (3 respondents)
Lazy Kids
9th Grade motivation (3 Respondents)
All
Junior High Students (Bright and Bored)
9th Grade Bilinguals
11th and 12th Graders
10th, 11th and 12th Graders
Middle of the road with potential
Administration, working conditions and funding
Effective, Efficient Administrative action plan for Student Growth
Getting students interested in scientific fields.
Trig/Pre-calculus (Curriculum needs more substance)
Basic Math
Math apps for PC
4. Tell us what you need.
In what area do you see the need for some new technology to motivate and educate students?
Applications of Math for students (3 Respondents)
Demo of supercomputer for students
Exposure to cutting edge technology for best students
Math
Real-world problems (3 Respondents)
Good, classroom-friendly, curriculum-based S/W
All areas (4 Respondents)
New technology for Middle School
Exploring graphs (Students hate graphs)
Textbooks poor (3 Respondents)
Physics and Biology related work
Instruction at classroom level, manuals
Correlating classroom lectures to real life applications
Math/Science cross-curriculum major
Current/challenging simulation
What kind of continuing support would have the greatest impact on your ability to teach the way you want to?
Telephone/email connectivity to Caltech
Work with scientific community to keep current
Mentors to work with students
Material for class (Not in a distant lab)
Internet
Get rest on my schools department involved
Chances for teachers to try some ideas on a "real machine" (Editors response: AAARRRRUUUHA!!!)
Tech support in (Beowulf) system use and application
Computers in class and phone lines (Internet connectivity)
Funding for Hardware and Professional Development
Support for (Beowulf) by phone, FAX or Internet
Annual Workshops
Educating the teacher on how to use information in classroom (personal instruction and mentoring)