Survey

Summary

I also used the Google Forms to create my survey. I changed a few questions since I was mainly having my friends fill the survey out, and not all of them are students. In total, 8 people between the ages of 24 and 50 filled out the survey.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEJZeFAtbmhuRTMxWnR5T0ZpV2FTSEE6MQ

Google Forms was pretty easy to use. One important thing is how to re-edit the form. When you click on it, an Excel file pops up, and you have to click on "Form" "Edit form" to be able to edit the survey.

Another useful point is that when you email the form it gives you the option of including the form in the email. While this is useful because people can fill the form out in the same window, they can't see the pretty background. I decided not to include the form to force people to see the prettier form.

I didn’t like that each scaled question had to be entered individually; however, you can duplicate questions, which makes it easier. The spreadsheet was clear. It allows you to see each person’s individual responses and edit them if need be – my friend Jon chose “female” by accident.  "Show summary" was great because it gave you graphs of total responses. This would be very useful for a presentation on results to the school, parents, other teachers, etc.

Results

For a complete view of the results, use this link: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/gform?key=0An-PGaY2awXjdEJZeFAtbmhuRTMxWnR5T0ZpV2FTSEE&hl=en_US&authkey=CP3q0voF&gridId=0#chart. In total, 5 men and 3 women completed the survey. Most of them used and learned about technology at home. Everyone used DSL or high speed cable. The most commonly used technologies were email, finding information and downloading files. Spreadsheets, computer games and blogs were the least commonly used.

While everyone felt comfortable using email, editing papers and downloading files, most people were less familiar with creating videos and maintaining blogs and websites.

The technologies most commonly used outside of school or work were laptops, smartphones, and digital cameras. No one used DVD or CD burners, which surprised me because I know many people still watch DVDs.

The results for how people learn while using computers were varied, which shows the many different learning styles in this group. No one said that they copied information directly from the internet or CDs. Most people seemed to produce better work and be less confused while working on a computer; however, the results were not strong enough to be significant.

Questions

I used an Iframe to embed my survey in my blog. Does anyone have any other ideas on how to include it in a blog?