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CS & IT Symposium 2006 Evaluation Results

Total Responses: 86 (percentages have been rounded to nearest percent)

Location: San Diego, CA, in conjunction with NECC (the National Educational Computing Conference.)

Aspect Ratings:

Aspect

Poor

Fair

Good

Excellent

Good+Excellent
Relevancy/Timeliness/Value of Session Topics 0% 1% 25% 73% 98%
Presenter Knowledge of Session Content 0% 0% 22% 78% 100%
Session/Presenter Effectiveness 0% 2% 31% 66% 97%
Availability of Information Prior to Event 2% 13% 35% 49% 84%
Met Expectations 0% 4% 33% 64% 97%

1. Teaching position/responsibilities? Check all that apply.

Position/Responsibility # Participants
Teacher/Faculty 63
Teach Computer Science 49
High School 50
Teach IT/Applications 20
Technical Coordinator 22
Others: middle school, district trainer, grad student, math teacher, consultant, music tech, CompTIA board 24
Higher Education 17
Administrator 8

2. Check all of the reasons you attended this Symposium

Reason Attended # Participants
Relevance of symposium content to my job 67
Looking for new ideas in regard to a particular topic 62
Opportunity to network with colleagues 65
Program provides general professional development 59
Other: Already at NECC, hands-on technology, contacts for appropriate vision, update knowledge of current CS pedagogy, collect info/resources, collaboration possibilities, AP CS ideas, CSTA support, access to materials not available to public, survey of tech in education, fun! 19
Involved in a project that is addressing this topic 19

3. Please rate the following aspects of this Symposium:

Symposium Aspect

Poor

Fair

Good

Excellent
a. Relevancy/Timeliness/Value of Session Topics 0 1 21 61
b. Presenter Knowledge of Session Content 0 0 18 65
c. Session/Presenter Effectiveness 0 2 26 55
d. Availability of information prior to event 2 11 29 40
e. Met your expectations 0 3 27 53

4. Which topic/session did you like the best and why? (128 total responses; some participants chose more than one.)

Topic/Session Responses

3D Animation – An Innovative Approach to Introductory Programming (Wanda Dann)

25

Kinesthetic Learning Activities in the Classroom (Andrew Begel)

18

Flash Programming (Daryn Bee)

18

To Google and Beyond (Ellen Spertus)

10

Wiki Websites (Steve Burt)

9

Into the Loop:  Increasing the Participation of African-American, Latino/as, and Female High School Students in Learning Computer Science (Jane Margolis)

8

Responding to Millennials’ Learning Preferences with Pair Programming (Laurie Williams)

8

Standing at the Epicenter:  How Computer Science is Reshaping our World for the Better (Kevin Schofield)

7

Computer Science Education after the Boom (Ellen Spertus)

6

Game Development: A Tool for Teaching CS (Pat Phillips)

5

Explorations in Polymorphism (Leigh Ann Sudol)

4

Web Programming with .NET (Brian Scarbeau)

3

Writing Successful Grants (Michael Dalton)

2

Better Engagement and Learning with Better Assignments (Philip East & Doug Peterson)

2

Microsoft Vista (Alfred Thompson)

1

Networking Simulation (Erin Lester)

1

Simulations with Stagecast Creator (Michelle Hutton)

1

5. What topics would you like to see repeated or included in next year's program?

Speakers

 

Wanda Dann – Alice

13

Daryn Bee – Flash

12

Ellen Spertus – Google

10

Andy Begel – Kinesthetic Learning

6

Jane Margolis – Into the Loop

5

Pat Phillips – Game Development

3

Laurie Williams – Pair Programming

3

Steve Burt – Wiki Websites

3

Alfred Thompson – Microsoft Vista

3

Philip East and Doug Peterson – Better Engagement and Learning with Better Assignments

2

Brian Scarbeau – Web Programming with .NET

2

Michael Dalton – Writing Successful Grants

2

Kevin Schofield – Keynote

2

Michelle Hutton – Stagecast

1

 

 

Computer Science Topics

 

Python

4

Java (AP CS)

4

New AP Case study (GridWorld)

3

Robotics

3

Alice (AP, high school, middle school)

3

StarLogo

2

Hands on with the Google programming ideas

1

Topics geared toward newbies in the CS teaching field

1

Program logic

1

Server-side programming for high school students

1

Visual Studio

1

Curriculum/Teaching Strategies        

 

Teaching CS concepts other content areas

2

HS curriculum design to stimulate program growth (to AP or not to AP)

1

Resources for teacher improvement (videos)

1

CS in middle schools

1

Methods of teaching programming that increase CS enrollment

1

Hands on and alternatives to standard CS Ed

1

Teaching strategies for level 2 topics

1

Student evaluation in a paired programming learning environment

 

Equity

 

Equity topics

2

Update on Jane Margolis's project.

1

How to engage our students and encourage females to enter the area of CS.

1

General Topics

 

Panel discussion with visionary educators

1

What is CS is where does it fit in the educational universe

1

Getting the word out about what CS is

1

Double session on grant writing

1

Information Technology

 

Web design

2

Open source software

1

Moodle

1

Podcasting

1

Hands-on Flash session

1

Web 2.0

1

PHP/MySQL

1

Applications and how they can be integrated

1

Modeling-simulations

1

Resources

 

Student lessons and projects to use in high school classrooms.

2

Programming assignment ideas

2

Software Tools

 

Open source software

1

Google APIS

2

6. How did you learn about this Symposium?

Method

# Participants
Mailed Invitation 20
E-mail Invitation 33
List-Serv Announcement (APCS(6), ISTE(1), SIGCS(1)) 17
Colleague Referral 25
Other: ISTE or NECC Web site, CSTA, CUE 24

7. Please check any of the hosting organizations of which you are a member:

Member of Hosting Organization

# Participants
CSTA 47
ACM 35
ISTE 45
ISTE SIGCS 21

COMPOSITE RESULTS (Attendee Demographics):

Educational Responsibility

Attendees
Teacher/Faculty 73%
Teach Computer Science 57%
High School 58%
Teach IT/Applications 23%
Technical Coordinator 26%
Others 28%
Higher Education 20%
Administrator 9%