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Edited by Dr. David J. Ayersman, Mary Washington College, and Dr. W. Michael Reed, New York University

Volume 33 Number 5 Summer 2001

Appendix
Interview Questions: Faculty Use of Smart Classrooms

1. What courses have you taught in a Smart Classroom?
2. What is this course about?
3. What is your teaching philosophy for this course?
4. In what ways is your course student centered?
5. How do you provide for individual skills, language proficiency, personal experiences, and background?
6. Do you address the teaching of diverse populations in this course? If so, how?
7. What were your reasons for deciding to use a Smart Classroom?
8. How frequently have you used a Smart Classroom?
9. Who did you work with in planning your use of technology for this course? In what ways did you find this helpful?
10. Describe some of the instructional activities you have conducted in this room.
11. To what extent do you make your instructional activities in a Smart Classroom relevant to the learner? In what way?
12. How have you assigned students to use the computer stations?
13. Do all students use the computer stations simultaneously?
14. Are there any alternative or choices for students in either activities, assignments, or grouping? Please explain.
15. What products do your students produce for this course?
16. How do you evaluate student learning in this course?
17. Do you use e-mail, group conferencing, or your own Web page as part of this course? How?
18. Do you assess students’ computer competency in any way? How?
19. Do you find that the use of technology supports your teaching philosophy? In what ways?
20. How comfortable are you in using computers in general?
21. Is there anything else you’d like to say about using a Smart Classroom in teacher preparation?

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