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CS & IT Symposium 2005 Evaluation Results
Total Responses: 100 (percentages have been rounded to nearest
percent)
Location: Philadelphia, PA, in conjunction with the NECC
Conference.
Aspect Ratings:
| Aspect |
Poor |
Fair |
Good |
Excellent |
Good+Excellent |
| Program Content |
0% |
4% |
29% |
66% |
95% |
| Speaker Knowledge |
0% |
1% |
24% |
75% |
99% |
| Effectiveness |
1% |
4% |
36% |
58% |
94% |
| Value of Topics |
0% |
5% |
38% |
57% |
95% |
| Info Availability |
2% |
10% |
49% |
36% |
85% |
| Met Expectations |
1% |
5% |
29% |
64% |
93% |
1. Teaching position/responsibilities? Check all that apply.
| Position/Responsibility |
# Participants |
| Teacher/Faculty |
77 |
| High School |
67 |
| Teach Computer Science |
58 |
| Teach IT/Applications |
30 |
| Higher Education |
18 |
| Others: tech mentor, district CS coord, tech prep, school
webmaster, teacher
PD, CS dept chair, network support |
17 |
| Technical Coordinator |
16 |
| Administrator |
11 |
2. Check all of the reasons you attended this Symposium
100 Responses (many checked multiple categories)
| Reason Attended |
# Participants |
| Relevance |
77% |
| New Ideas |
76% |
| Networking |
76% |
| General Professional Development |
72% |
| Other |
9% |
| Project |
29% |
| Other: see curriculum in another country, presenting, free,
evaluate conference,
support CSTA, gather arguments to present to admins., CompTIA |
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3. Please rate the following aspects of this Symposium:
|
Symposium Aspect
|
Poor
|
Fair |
Good |
Excellent |
| a. Program Content |
0 |
4 |
29 |
66 |
| b. Knowledge of Speakers |
0 |
1 |
24 |
75 |
| c. Effectiveness of Sessions |
1 |
4 |
36 |
58 |
| d. Value of Topics |
0 |
5 |
38 |
57 |
| e. Availability of information prior to event |
2 |
10 |
49 |
36 |
| f. Met your expectations |
1 |
5 |
29 |
64 |
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Average ratings:
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|
Content |
Speakers' Knowledge |
Effectiveness of Sessions |
Value of Topics |
Prior Info |
Met Expectations |
1=Poor;
2=Fair;
3=Good;
4=Excellent |
All Respnodents |
3.6 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.2 |
3.6 |
4. Which topic/session did you like the best and why?
(114 total responses; some participants chose more than one.)
| Topic/Session |
Chosen by # Recipients |
| Flash (Daryn Bee) |
21 |
| Design & Engineering of Problems, Programs, and Assignments
From Theory
to Practice in Teaching Programming (Owen Astrachan) |
18 |
| Delivering on the Promise (Mary Cullinane) |
18 |
| Why Can't Smart People Figure Out What To Do About Computing
Education
(Russ Shackelford) |
10 |
| Teaching Recursion (Fran Trees) |
8 |
| Teaching Java with Karel the Robot (Sandy Graham) |
6 |
| Developing Resources (Anita Verno) |
5 |
| ACM Task Force (Fran Trees) |
5 |
| Kinesthetic Learning Activities in the Classroom (Andy
Begel) |
4 |
| Selling the Sizzle: Bringing Students Back to Computing Courses
(Chris
Stephenson) |
4 |
| Web Programming: Building Numbers in CS (Brian Scarbeau &
Dave Jacobus) |
3 |
| Preparing Students with In-demand Skills for an On-Demand World
(Robin
Willner) |
3 |
| Team Dynamics (Abby Gonzales) |
3 |
| Student Assessment: Reflective Assessment in Computing
Instruction (Philip
East & Doug Peterson) |
2 |
| Playing the Part: Using Handhelds in Participatory Simulations
(Betsy
Frederick & Atty Mullins) |
2 |
| Attracting Underrepresented (Pat Phillips) |
2 |
5. What topics would you like to see repeated or included in next
year's program?
| Topic |
Chosen by # Participants |
| Cert: More info on state of CS/accreditation in each state --
list or
map showing current trends |
1 |
| Cert: Teacher certification: PA certification for CS does not
include
CS degree, but Bus Ed degree |
1 |
| CS: .NET, C++ |
1 |
| Speakers |
| Owen Astrachan |
8 |
| Fran Trees: ACM Java Task Force |
5 |
| Andy Begel: Kinesthetic |
4 |
| Brian Scarbeau and David Jacobus: |
3 |
| Fran Trees: Recursion |
3 |
| Russ Shakelford |
3 |
| Mary Cullinane |
3 |
| Sandy Graham |
3 |
| Anita Verno |
2 |
| Justin Solomon |
2 |
| Abby Gonzales |
2 |
| Pat Phillips |
2 |
| Chris Stephenson |
1 |
| Robin Willner |
1 |
| Computer Science Topics |
| Java |
3 |
| Web apps / development client side, server side / web
services |
3 |
| Alice / microworlds |
2 |
| AP & Intro: Teaching strategies for Java (like
"methods"
course) |
1 |
| AP Java |
1 |
| AP: MBS |
1 |
| AP: More on AB topics (map, hashing) |
1 |
| AP: Useful ideas & programs. At 11, people kept asking about
AP; they
were hungry for info. |
1 |
| Intro: New methods & topics for teaching |
1 |
| Intro: topics for 1st course |
1 |
| Jeroo |
1 |
| More programming techniques |
1 |
| OO, polymorphism |
1 |
| Scope & Sequence |
1 |
| Teaching HS programming, boolean algebra, recruiting students
for CS courses |
1 |
| Update on CS on global perspective |
1 |
| Update on CS@college level |
1 |
| K-12 best practices |
1 |
| Resources |
| Resources (books, web) for HS teachers |
2 |
| Resource for ideas for programming projects in CS courses |
1 |
| Curriculum |
| Complete the curriculum, and help us sell it. |
1 |
| Follow-up on curriculum design |
1 |
| Review of sample HS IT/CS curricula - who's teaching what |
1 |
| Software Tools |
| Flash |
11 |
| DreamWeaver |
1 |
| Macromedia |
1 |
| More apps presentations (Quark) |
1 |
| Publisher |
1 |
| Updates / info that can be used in the classroom w/hands-on
classes |
1 |
| General Topics |
| Assessment |
2 |
| Girls & tech/CS / when to get more involvement |
2 |
| All of it -- really great subject matter. Just wish I could be
in more
than one place at the same time. |
2 |
| Emerging technologies, tech classrooms in 10 years |
1 |
| Ethics |
1 |
| PDAs |
1 |
| Integration: how to get other depts to work w/tech. Technology
not taught
in isolation. |
1 |
| Integration: More focus on IT and bridging it w/CS |
1 |
6. How did you learn about this Symposium?
| Method |
# Participants |
| E-mail Invitation |
33 |
| Mailed Invitation |
31 |
| List-Serv Announcement (APCS(6), ISTE(1), SIGCS(1)) |
26 |
| Other: ISTE Web site, SIGCSE |
24 |
| Colleague Referral |
17 |
7. Please check any of the hosting organizations of which you are a
member:
| Member of Hosting Organization |
# Participants |
| CSTA |
49 |
| ISTE |
32 |
| ACM |
22 |
| SIGCSE |
13 |
| ISTE SIGCS |
11 |
| Computer Science and Information Technology Symoposium, 2005, Evaluation Results, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, NECC |
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