Data Collection Techniques for Technology Assessment and Planning

Clausa School in Australia Provides some data collection technigues for technology assessment

They highlight tools and techniques useful for documenting the impact of instructional technology at the school and classroom level. It detailed the use and development of data collection tools such as online surveys, focus groups, classroom observations, and artefact analysis of student work and included the collection and reporting of basic user data on technology’s impact on teachers and students. This data is particularly useful in documenting ‘current status’ in a strategic technology plan and/or creating a baseline assessment of how technology impacts teaching and learning within a school or district.

This allows for the documentation using creative tools and provides the teacher with a picture of where the children are at. But, it makes me think about, what if children are way ahead, how can this be detected?

Blogging: Reinventing Teaching and Learning in the Information Age
Blogging is a recent use of technology that allows teachers to create online discussions for student use. As a recent use of technology, available research and examples of best practice are limited. The four-hour workshop began with an overview of the successes and failures of blogging professional development for the teachers and schools from the presenters’ school district.
Participants in the workshop were introduced to blogging terminology, tools and resources. The workshop gave examples of teacher-moderated blog sites, thus reducing the risk of students posting or viewing inappropriate material. It then concentrated on participants making their own blog sites.