forwarded - survey

[Mike Eisenberg <mike@ericir.syr.edu>]

Peter and I agree that library media specialist input into this research
would be valuable.

Mike



Date: Sun, 27 Nov 94 22:47:36 EST
>From: Ed George <EJGEORGE@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
To: mike@ericir.syr.edu

To: Interested Teachers
Fr: Edwin J. George (ejgeorge@vm.cc.purdue.edu)
    Dr. Katherine Cennamo (cennamo@vm.cc.purdue.edu)
Su: Request for Assistance in Research Project
Da: 27 Nov 1994


This posting is a request for comments on a research project
at Purdue University. The project examines the following question:

     What should we be teaching pre-service teachers
     about the 'Information Superhighway'?

This project will look at the responses from three different groups:
Schools of Education, Public Schools, and Teachers who currently
use the Internet.

This posting is to request comments from the last group above,
teachers or media specialists who currently use the Internet.
If you fall in this group, or are simply willing to respond,
please send us your comments.

Because we are interested in evaluating what Schools of Education
(SOE's) should be teaching the new teachers they train, we feel it
is imperative to get the perspective of teachers who currently use
the technology. We are seeking any level of input you can make,
from quick one paragraph responses and up! Any response will
be helpful! ;-)

Please consider the following issues in respect to usage of the
Internet in public school situations:

     o What type of training do you believe SOE's are
       responsible for providing to newly trained teachers.

     o Have new teachers in your school or district been
       adequately prepared to use computer/network technology?

     o Where do you see Internet usage in public schools headed?
       What do we (Schools, Governments, SOE's, etc) need to do
       to get there?

We would also appreciate some examples of how Internet is
used in your school. Additionally, any demographic data you choose
to supply will be most helpful.

Please DO NOT reply to this list. Send your comments to:

                  ejgeorge@vm.cc.purdue.edu

If you are interested in our results, we would be glad to share them
with you. Please let us know.

PLEASE NOTE: All data collected will remain confidential. Your
name and institutional affiliation will be removed from your response
prior to storage and will not be included in any data reporting. Only
demographic data that you supply will be used. This anonymous
data will then be stored in a locked file for a period of three years
whereafter it will be destroyed.  Contact either researcher, above,
if you have any questions. Your choice to respond to this posting
substantiates consent to participate in this research.


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