Computer Science Symposia
Computer Science & Information Technology Symposium 2003
Evaluation Results
1. What is your primary role in education? Check all that
apply.
| 43 |
Teacher/Faculty |
|
3 |
Administrator |
|
7 |
Technical Coordinator |
| 37 |
High School K9–12 |
|
6 |
Higher Education |
|
8 |
Others: |
| 26 |
Teach Computer Science |
|
11 |
Teach IT/Applications |
|
12 |
Teach Both |
2. Which previous symposia have you attended.
3. What was the main reason(s) you attended this symposium? If more
than one
applies, indicate the first by (1), second as (2), etc.
| 42 |
Program content as professional development experience |
|
27 |
Relevance of topic to my role in education |
| 43 |
Looking for new ideas in regard to this topic |
|
30 |
Opportunity to network with colleagues |
| 16 |
Involved in a project that is addressing this topic |
|
4 |
Other: location and cost, CS Java, invited, curriculum |
4. Did the program meet or exceed your expectations?
If not, why: Too abstract. I expected more Java.
5. Please rate the following aspects of this Symposium:
| |
|
Poor |
|
Fair |
|
Good |
|
Excellent |
| a. Program Content |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
23 |
|
34 |
| b. Knowledge of Speakers |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
21 |
|
40 |
| c. Effectiveness of Breakout Sessions |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
21 |
|
39 |
| d. Level of Audience Participation |
|
3 |
|
12 |
|
27 |
|
17 |
| e. Value of Topic |
|
0 |
|
4 |
|
23 |
|
35 |
| f. Facilities |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
9 |
|
50 |
6. Which topic/session did you like the best ?
- Network Security: 9
- Keynote: 11
- Internet in CS: 10
- Role Playing in CS: 10
- Microsoft: 7
- Object Oriented Design: 7
- Ethics: 6
- Web Programming: 5
- Interdisciplinary: 4
- Modeling: 1
- K–12 Curriculum: 1
- General:
7. What topics do you think we should repeat next year?
| 13 |
AP CS |
|
3 |
Educating Kids |
| 6 |
New in Computing |
|
3 |
OO Design |
| 6 |
Networking Security |
|
2 |
K–12 Curriculum |
| 6 |
Ethics |
|
2 |
Java |
| 6 |
Web Programming |
|
2 |
Modeling |
| 4 |
Internet in CS |
|
1 |
Interdiscipnary |
8. What topics do you think we should add to next year's program?
| 4 |
Web programming (Flash, Photoshop) |
|
1 |
Speech Recognition |
|
1 |
Culture |
| 3 |
Teaching Strategies |
|
1 |
CS versus IT |
|
1 |
CML |
| 3 |
Hardware |
|
1 |
Project-based Learning |
|
1 |
E-Learning |
| 2 |
Business Applications |
|
1 |
Learning Theory |
|
1 |
Standards |
| 2 |
Java |
|
1 |
Arrays and Trees |
|
1 |
Curriculum Development |
| 2 |
APCS Evaluation |
|
1 |
Assessment |
|
1 |
Trends in CS |
| 1 |
Certification |
|
1 |
Collaborative Learrning |
|
1 |
Simulation |
| 1 |
Team Teaching |
|
1 |
Javascript |
|
|
|
| 1 |
Special Ed Technology |
|
1 |
XML |
|
|
|
9. How did you learn about this Symposium?
| 21 |
Mailed Invitation |
|
22 |
E-mail Invitation |
|
5 |
List-Serv Announcement |
| 17 |
Colleague Referral |
|
3 |
Other: NCCE (2), NCTM (1), Chris (1) |
|
|
|
10. Please list any other professional organizations of which you
are a member:
| 22 |
ISTE |
|
12 |
SIGCS |
|
13 |
ACM |
| 12 |
APCS |
|
29 |
Other: NBEA, TBTEA, NSTA, NEA, NIBTEA, QUEBC, ACTE, CSTA,
NCCE, AITP,
AWC, MACUL, ECOO, ACSE, CCSS, NCSS, NCTM, TCEA, IBEA, WBEA,
WLMA, OBEA,
OLA
|
Composite Results:
Attendee Demographics: 62 Responses
Attendees Educational Responsibility
| 69% |
Teacher/Faculty |
|
4.8% |
Administrator |
| 59% |
High School K9–12 |
|
41.9% |
Teach Computer Science |
| 12.9% |
Other |
|
19.3% |
Teach both CS and IT |
| 11.2% |
Technical Coordinator |
|
17.7% |
Teach IT/Applications |
| 9.6% |
Higher Education |
|
|
|
Reason for Attending: 62 Responses
Attendees Reasons
| 69% |
New Ideas
|
|
43.5% |
Relevenace |
| 67.7% |
Content |
|
25.8% |
Projects |
| 48.3% |
Networking |
|
6.4% |
Other |
Event Ratings: 62 Responses
Did the program meet or exceed your expectations?
Yes: 96.7%
No: 3.2%
Aspect Ratings: Responses
| Aspect |
|
Poor |
|
Fair |
|
Good |
|
Excellent |
|
Good–Excellent |
| Program Content |
|
0% |
|
3.2% |
|
37.0% |
|
54.8% |
|
91.8% |
| Speakers Knowledge |
|
0% |
|
1.6% |
|
33.8% |
|
64.5% |
|
98.3% |
| Breakout Sessions |
|
0% |
|
3.2% |
|
33.8% |
|
62.9% |
|
96.7% |
| Audience Particip. |
|
4.8% |
|
19.3% |
|
43.5% |
|
27.4% |
|
67.9% |
| Value of Topic |
|
0% |
|
6.4% |
|
37.0% |
|
56.4% |
|
93.4% |
| Facilities |
|
0% |
|
1.6% |
|
14.5% |
|
80.6% |
|
95.1% |
Session to be Repeated:
| 20.9% |
AP CS |
|
4.8% |
Educating Kids |
| 9.6% |
New in Computing |
|
4.8% |
OO Design |
| 9.6% |
Networking Security |
|
3.2% |
K–12 Curriculum |
| 9.6% |
Ethics |
|
3.2% |
Java |
| 9.6% |
Web Programming |
|
3.2% |
Modeling |
| 6.4% |
Internet in CS |
|
1.6% |
Interdisciplinary |
Recommended Sessions for Next Year:
| 6.4% |
Web programming (Flash, Photoshop) |
|
1.6% |
Arrays and Trees |
| 4.8% |
Teaching Strategies |
|
1.6% |
Assessment |
| 4.8% |
Hardware |
|
1.6% |
Collaborative Learning |
| 3.2% |
Business Applications |
|
1.6% |
Javascript |
| 3.2% |
Java |
|
1.6% |
XML |
| 3.2% |
APCS Evaluation |
|
1.6% |
Culture |
| 1.6% |
Certification |
|
1.6% |
CML |
| 1.6% |
Team Teaching |
|
1.6% |
E-Learning |
| 1.6% |
Special Ed Technology |
|
1.6% |
Standards |
| 1.6% |
Speech Recognition |
|
1.6% |
Curriculum Development |
| 1.6% |
CS versus IT |
|
1.6% |
Trends in CS |
| 1.6% |
Project-based Learning |
|
1.6% |
Simulation |
| 1.6% |
Learning Theory |
|
|
|
General Comments:
- "This was my first year and I was amazed at the great variety
of presentations
and how relevant they were to what is going on today."
- "What a great help and encouragement."
- "Fantastic job…a very high quality conference."
- "All of the featured sessions were good!"
- "Featured and breakout speakers were excellent, as well as
the chance
to network with other teachers."
- "You provided a diversity of topics which made it
interesting."
- "Fantastic. Great day. Learned a lot. At sessions."
- "Nice to have sessions of everyone together as well as
breakout sessions."
- "Well run program, Kudos to the planners."
- "Very helpful. Thank you very much."
- "Excellent day. Information overload."
- "Thanks for the conference. Got a lot out of it."
- "Great job all-round."
- "Enjoyed what I did get to."
- "Good presentations."
- "Very enjoyable."
- "Excellent overall."
- "Excellent."
- "Thanks!"
- "The sessions need to be much meatier for this kind of
conference.
Not engaging."
- "It would be nice to offer clock-hour in-service credit in
the future
as your program is top-notch.
- "Consider allowing time t register for NECC prior or between
Symposium
and reception."
- "Color code name tags by profession. Might make it easier to
connect
to those like us."
- "Opportunities for participants to stay connected."
- "Kudos to the planners. The lunch was great".
- "Wonderful. The food breaks were great."
- "Great hospitality and luncheon."
- "Great location, wonderful food, friendly staff and program
helpers."
- "Great food."
- "Consider a lighter lunch so we can stay awake".
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For more information, please contact Linda Keller, Project Manager,
ISTE at:
lkeller@iste.org.
| Computer Science and Information Technology Symposium, 2003, evaluation results |
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