Blogging in Education

Blogging in Education - Teen Survey

Now that you have participated in a focus group about blogging, could you please take a few minutes to fillout this survey. Your answers will help educators better understand blogging.

1. If your teacher gives you a School ID number, please put it here. Otherwise, leave this blank.

If your teacher gives you a School ID number, please put it here. Otherwise, leave this blank.

2. Which of the following best describes you.

Which of the following best describes you. Middle School student

High School student

College student

Other (please specify)

3. Tell us a little about you. Check all that apply

Tell us a little about you. Check all that apply I am male

I am female

I have a computer at home

I have dial-up Internet access at home

I have high-speed Internet access at home

I consider myself pretty tech-savvy

I spend more than an hour a day on the Internet (outside of school)

4. Rank your knowledge of blogs or blogging?
(i.e. (Live Journal, Xanga, Blogger, My Space, etc)

Rank your knowledge of blogs or blogging? (i.e. (Live Journal, Xanga, Blogger, My Space, etc) Before this conversation, I didn’t really know what they were.

I sort of knew what they were.

I know someone who uses blogs.

I read blogs (my friends or others)

I read blogs and have also written in a blog before.

I read blogs, and currently write in a blog.

5. Why do you think blogs are so popular in our society?

Why do you think blogs are so popular in our society?

6. Do you think there is anything dangerous or unsafe about blogging?

Do you think there is anything dangerous or unsafe about blogging? No

Not sure

Yes (like what)

7. What input can you provide teachers that might help them improve their teaching to a tech savvy generation like yours.

What input can you provide teachers that might help them improve their teaching to a tech savvy generation like yours. What ways do you think blogs could be used by schools or teachers? (If you don’t think blogs are a good idea for schools to use leave this blank)
How do you think blogs could be used to help students learn? (if don’t think they can help students learn.. leave this blank)
Some schools have banned blogging and blog sites . What do you think they are worried about. If you can’t think of ANYTHING they might be worried about… leave this blank.

8. Do you think blogging could or should be used by today's schools.

Do you think blogging could or should be used by today's schools. Definitely, I think it would be cool

Sure… I don’t see a problem with this.

Maybe, if schools use password protection and pay attention to safety

No… it could be good, but the dangers are not worth the risk.

No opinion