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Computer Science & Information Technology Symposium 2002

Evaluation Results

1. What is your primary role in education? Check all that apply.

56 Teacher/Faculty	2 Administrator	7 Technical Coordinator
39 High School K9-12	7 Higher Education	9 Other:
36 Teach Computer Science	24 Teach IT/Applications	4 Teach Both
Others: Tech Prep, All Areas, Instructional Tech Support, Consultant, Instructional Technologist

2. 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	35 Relevance of topic to my role in education
40 Looking for new ideas in regard to this topic	20 Opportunity to network with colleagues
9 Involved in a project that is addressing this topic	4 Other: Java, Better than Leadership Symposium

3. Did the program meet or exceed your expectations?

65 Yes:

"Very good presentations. Excellent choice of speakers.
"Some sessions were awful. Some were good enough to make the day worth my time."
"Everything was great - except McCannon. Actually he was good but relevance to CS & IT was weak."
"Interesting presenters here."

5 If not, why:

"Over my head."
"The topics were too vague and didn't provide enough content to be helpful in the classroom."
"Little really new or innovative, Too much old or know knowledge."
"I didn't realize it would be geared only to computer science. I thought I would get some principles to use for my web mastering and some
copyright info to use with business and web mastering."
"Did not address enough the needs of the non-programming teacher. Agenda not specific enough to make decisions on breakouts."

4. Please rate the following aspects of this Symposium:

	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
a. Program Content	0	3	29	37
b. Knowledge of Speakers	0	0	22	48
c. Effectiveness of Breakout Sessions	0	6	23	37
d. Level of Audience Participation	0	4	38	26
e. Value of Topic	0	1	30	34
f. Facilities	0	1	17	48

5. Which topic/session did you like the best and why?

I/O in Java: 15

"Value to my classes."
"Most relevent to current teaching assignment."
"Very relevant to my needs."
"Tim Corica was good."
"Ideas I can use to teach."
"Speaker was fun, dynamic, and well prepared."
"Most useful."
"Immediately relevant."
"Paced well - informative - good use of time."

Media Literacy: 13

"Excellent presentation."
"Most relevant and useable in my classroom, also possible to develop course and class."
"Analytical - not just how to use."
"I can use this in my Video Technology course."
"Most interesting."
"Presentation style, organization, content. Has done the presentation before - practiced. Effective use of multimedia."
"I would not use this material in my classroom."
"I am offended by McCannon - he's hypocritical - using sex to sell his views."

Vision and Dynamics: 11

"Thought Chris and Doug's talk was excellent."
"I could relate to the speakers. They tell it just the way it really is."
"Relevant"
"It showed that all of us have the same problems."
"Great"
"Too much time spent talking about problems we know. Would like to hear solutions, brainstorming,
change to solve the problems."
"I enjoy just listening to Chris, She is excellent."

Preparing Students: 9

"It was well-prepared and very relevant and summarized a lot of good, hard-to-find information."
"Its the hook to get kids interested."
"I am asked by students a lot."
"Lots of employment statistics in the IT field.
"Very insulting when Janie Schwark mentioned that teachers who teach office, desktop, etc. are not IT people.
If this is the mindset, then I don't want any part of it."
"I can use this info to convince students to take more classes and get more administrative support."

Ethics: 7

"I can use this model the first day of school."
"It was fun, interesting, interactive and gave us a chance to talk and share."
"Group involvement/interaction."
"A lot of useful information for the classroom - enjoyed the role playing and interaction.

Web Pages: 6

"Knowledge of presenter and excellent examples."
"I will be able to apply it"
"Addressed critical issues of web design that went beyond traditional topics. Very applicable for me."
"Ideas/explanations will help in class."
"This breakout session gave no info whatsoever."

Computer Harware: 5

"Loved the hands-on aspect."
"Solid content"

Robotics: 2

"I was able to put a few Legos together."

Fluency: 2

"Good information and background."

Curriculum Design: 2

"Applicable"

General:

"All"
"It was good! Thanks!."
"The food was very good!"
"All the deserts had nuts in them. I am allergic to nuts!."
"I liked all of them and will look for the ones that I did not attend on the web."
"All were good."
"All excellent speakers and content material."

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

5	Java (as a First Language, C++ to Java, more Java, case study)
3	Classroom Management (cheating, administration, discipline)
3	Hands-on robotics
3	Curriculum design/development
3	Design Principles for Web mastering
2	Business Applications
2	Collaborative project ideas
2	CS and IT Standards
2	Engaging minorities and women in CS
2	Ethics
2	More of the same
2	On-line CS courses that work
2	SQL
1	Assessment
1	Careers in IT
1	Computer Security
1	Digital graphics curriculum
1	Funding Issues
1	Getting administrators on board
1	Integrating programming and other subjects
1	Media Literacy
1	More beginner stuff:
1	Multimedia
1	Programming Languages
1	Programming contests:
1	Programming topics and ideas
1	XML

"You are great at deciding!."

7. How did you learn about this Symposium?

33 Mailed Invitation	21 E-mail Invitation	4 List-Serv Announcement
13 Colleague Referral	7 Other: TCEA Flyer (3), NECC Brochure, Previous Attendee (2)

8. Please list any other professional organizations of which you are a member:

ISTE: 13	TCEA:12	ACM: 7
NEA: 4	ATPE: 3	IEEE: 3
SIGCSE(ACM): 3	NCTM: 2	FACT: 2
AATSP, AAUP, AAUW, AFSA, ARRL, COSN, FACE, FAEDS, ITEA, KYEA, MASSCue, NBEA, NCTE NETA, NHSTE, OEA, TBTSA, TIVA

Composite Results:

Attendee Demographics: 70 Responses

Attendees	Educational Responsibility
80%	Teacher/Faculty
55%	High School K9-12
51%	Teach Computer Science
34%	Teach IT/Applications
12%	Other
10%	Higher Education
10%	Technical Coordinator
5%	Teach both CS and IT
2%	Administrator

Event Ratings: 70 Responses

Did the program meet or exceed your expectations?
Yes:	65	93%
No:	5	7%

Aspect Ratings: 69 Responses

Aspect	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	Good-Excellent
Program Content	0%	4%	42%	53%	95%
Speakers Knowledge	0%	0%	31%	69%	100%
Breakout Sessions	0%	8%	33%	53%	86%
Audience Particip.	0%	5%	55%	37%	92%
Value of Topic	0%	1%	43%	49%	92%
Facilities	0%	1%	24%	69%	93%

Session Ratings: 61 Responses

Note: Only 61 attendees indicated favourite sessions but many of those mentioned more than one session.

% of Attendees	Session
24%	I/O in Java
21%	Media Literacy
18%	Vision and Dynamics
14%	Preparing Students
11%	Ethics
9%	Web Pages
8%	Computer Hardware
3%	Curriculum Design
3%	Fluency
3%	Robotics

Recommended Sessions for Next Year: 37 Responses

Note: Only 37 attendees indicated topics but many of those mentioned more than one.

13%	Java (as a First Language, C++ to Java, more Java, case study)
8%	Classroom Management (cheating, administration, discipline)
8%	Hands-on robotics
8%	Curriculum design/development
8%	Design Principles for Web mastering
5%	Business Applications
5%	Collaborative project ideas
5%	CS and IT Standards
5%	Engaging minorities and women in CS
5%	Ethics
5%	More of the same
5%	On-line CS courses that work
5%	SQL
2%	Assessment
2%	Careers in IT
2%	Computer Security:
2%	Digital graphics curriculum
2%	Funding Issues
2%	Getting administrators on board
2%	Integrating programming and other subjects
2%	Media Literacy
2%	More beginner stuff:
2%	Multimedia
2%	Programming Languages
2%	Programming contests:
2%	Programming topics and ideas
2%	XML