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CS & IT Symposium 2005 Evaluation Results
Total Responses: 41 (percentages have been rounded to nearest
percent)
Location: St. Louis, MO, in conjunction with the SIGCSE
Conference.
Aspect Ratings:
| Aspect |
Poor |
Fair |
Good |
Excellent |
Good+Excellent |
| Program Content |
3% |
3% |
47% |
47% |
94% |
| Speaker Knowledge |
0% |
3% |
22% |
75% |
97% |
| Effectiveness |
0% |
8% |
47% |
44% |
91% |
| Value of Topics |
0% |
11% |
47% |
42% |
89% |
| Info Availability |
0% |
23% |
37% |
40% |
77% |
| Met Expectations |
0% |
11% |
33% |
56% |
89% |
1. Teaching position/responsibilities? Check all that apply.
| Position/Responsibility |
# Participants |
| Teacher/Faculty |
36 |
| Teach Computer Science |
32 |
| High School |
31 |
| Teach IT/Applications |
19 |
| Technical Coordinator |
8 |
| Others: middle school, district trainer, grad student, math
teacher, consultant,
music tech, CompTIA board |
8 |
| Higher Education |
2 |
| Administrator |
1 |
2. Check all of the reasons you attended this Symposium
| Reason Attended |
# Participants |
| Relevance of symposium content to my job |
32 |
| Looking for new ideas in regard to a particular topic |
29 |
| Opportunity to network with colleagues |
29 |
| Program provides general professional development |
28 |
| Other: Chris, AP CS, outstanding presenters & convenient
location,
CompTIA follow-up |
6 |
| Involved in a project that is addressing this topic |
5 |
3. Please rate the following aspects of this Symposium: (only 36
participants
responded in this section; one omitted (e))
|
Symposium Aspect
|
Poor
|
Fair |
Good |
Excellent |
| a. Program Content |
1 |
1 |
17 |
17 |
| b. Knowledge of Speakers |
0 |
1 |
8 |
27 |
| c. Effectiveness of Sessions |
0 |
3 |
17 |
16 |
| d. Value of Topics |
0 |
4 |
17 |
15 |
| e. Availability of information prior to event |
0 |
8 |
13 |
14 |
| f. Met your expectations |
0 |
4 |
12 |
20 |
4. Which topic/session did you like the best and why? (54 total
responses;
some participants chose more than one.)
| Topic/Session |
Chosen by # Recipients |
| Why Can't Smart People Figure Out What To Do About Computing
Education
(Russ Shackelford) |
16 |
| Design & Engineering of Problems, Programs, and Assignments
From
Theory to Practice in Teaching Programming (Owen Astrachan) |
9 |
| Teaching Recursion (Fran Trees) |
5 |
| Kinesthetic Learning Activities in the Classroom (Andy
Begel) |
5 |
| Playing the Part: Using Handhelds in Participatory Simulations
(Betsy
Frederick & Irene Lee) |
4 |
| JustBe (Katie Siek & Amanda Lynn Stephano) |
3 |
| Java Language Subset (Eric Roberts) |
3 |
| Web Programming: Building Numbers in CS (Brian Scarbeau &
Dave Jacobus) |
2 |
| Preparing Students with In-demand Skills for an On-Demand World
(Robin
Willner) |
2 |
| Selling the Sizzle: Bringing Students Back to Computing Courses
(Chris
Stephenson) |
2 |
| Teaching Java with Karel the Robot (Sandy Graham) |
2 |
| Student Assessment: Reflective Assessment in Computing
Instruction (Philip
East & Doug Peterson) |
1 |
5. What topics would you like to see repeated or included in next
year's program?
| Topic |
Chosen by # Participants |
| AP: MBS |
2 |
| AP: More on AP CS |
2 |
| CS: Java |
3 |
| CS: making CS more viable to the rest of the world |
1 |
| CS: non-Java languages |
1 |
| CS: tutorial on ACM Java graphics pkg |
1 |
| gen: More HS-related topics |
1 |
| gen: national standards |
1 |
| gen: PDA applications |
1 |
| gen: recruiting |
1 |
| grants: available grants, grant writing |
1 |
| IT: CS is important but cannot be achieved w/o the instruction
of basic
applications. |
1 |
| IT: interesting uses of tech |
1 |
| IT: more IT info |
1 |
| new: cutting-edge technology: (rather than curriculum) / MS
Windows (what
is new) |
2 |
| teaching CS: how to teach CS to HS students |
1 |
| teaching CS: recursion |
1 |
| teaching CS: specific technique, eg. recursion or programming
assignments |
1 |
| teaching CS: teaching CS better |
1 |
| teaching CS: Visual Basic |
1 |
| teaching CS: Visual Studio demo w/HS teaching methods |
1 |
| teaching: competitions |
1 |
| teaching: general sessions are good, but the specific sessions
(recursion,
assignment writing) are very valuable |
1 |
| teaching: ideas for assignments |
1 |
| teaching: integrated sessions on teaching strategy and sessions
that get
at the big issues of how we all work together |
1 |
| teaching: Kinesthetics |
2 |
| who: Chris Stephenson |
1 |
| who: Eric Roberts |
1 |
| who: Fran Trees |
1 |
| who: last year's MS speaker |
1 |
| who: Owen Astrachan |
1 |
| who: Russ Shackelford (follow-up) |
2 |
6. How did you learn about this Symposium?
| Method |
# Participants |
| Mailed Invitation |
13 |
| E-mail Invitation |
12 |
| List-Serv Announcement (APCS(6), ISTE(1), SIGCS(1)) |
12 |
| Colleague Referral |
9 |
| Other: ISTE Web site, SIGCSE |
3 |
7. Please check any of the hosting organizations of which you are a
member:
| Member of Hosting Organization |
# Participants |
| CSTA |
19 |
|
SIGCSE |
17 |
| ACM |
14 |
| ISTE |
12 |
| ISTE SIGCS |
4 |
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