Describe the purposes for and various stages of
formative evaluation of a technology plan.
Applying Dick, Carey, and Carey's techniques to
evaluate instructional goals to our technology plan in education it is
important to assess the data and goals that have been identified so far and
make sure that they are inline with the needs of the targeted population. The technology plan is targeting
educating teachers, so a formative evaluation will need to be designed that
will encourage the teachers to participate and give feedback because their time
is precious. Formative evaluation
is used to determine if the goals that are proposed are on target and guide the
technology team to identify if the teachers are on track to being successful
for the goals or do changes need to occur. (Dick, 2008)
Describe
your instruments used in a formative evaluation.
Currently the Bryan ISD district uses the STaR
chart to identify teacher and administrator competency in the use of technology
and its application. This could be
used as the beginning assessment for the teachers and then a more directed
survey can be compiled based on the plan goals.
In Dick, Carey and Carey, they identify three types
of formative evaluation. One-to-one is too time consuming for the group of teachers
and small group will be too distracting to keep the teachers on task and
maintain time management. Field
evaluation will work well with this group by offering them an online survey
that they can complete to evaluate the goals and objectives and furnish
additional feed back to the reviewer.
(Dick, 2008) After reviewing the surveys that are
coded to individuals, the reviewer may wish to follow up with one-to-one
meetings or emails to obtain additional data. Once the technology plan is in place, the surveys will be
updated and the team of teachers will again be asked to evaluate the plan now
that they have been participating in the professional development.
Collect
data according to a formative evaluation plan for a given set of technology
plan or instructor presentation.
The following questions
would be addressed in the formative evaluation:
- After attending the training for using COWS in your classroom, on a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being very uncomfortable and 5 being the very comfortable how closely do these statements match how comfortable you are to use the COWS in your classroom.
a.
I feel very
comfortable allowing the students to use the COWS in my classroom.
b.
I understand how
to use the management plan for the COWS.
c.
I plan to use
the COWS in my classroom on a weekly basis.
d.
I feel
comfortable coming to my technology facilitator to ask questions.
e.
I understand how
to report problems with the COWS to quickly have them repaired.
2. After attending
the training for troubleshooting computers and using a scale of 1 to 5 with 1
being concerned and 5 being confident to troubleshoot your own computer needs.
a.
I have a toolbox
of strategies I can use to troubleshoot my computer that I can try before
calling the technology office.
b.
I will train my
students on the selected troubleshooting items that were shared in the training
so that they can use these skills.
c.
I would feel
confident that I can learn more troubleshooting skills and would like to attend
more training.
3. After attending
the designing web pages and online quizzes trainings, teachers will be asked to
send in a link to their quiz or web page for the technology team to evaluate
and give assistance to making their online items work even better.
Works Cited
Dick, W. C. (2008). The
Systematic Design of Instruction (7th ed.). Ohio: Merrill.
Deb, I agree with your selection of field evaluation using a Likert scale. These create a simple method of comparing attitudes (Mcleod, 2008).
ReplyDeleteHave you considered adding open ended responses as well?
McLeod, S. (2008) Likert Scale. Simply Psychology. Retrieved April 8, 2012 from http://www.simplypsychology.org/likert-scale.html
Allison,
DeleteThat was my next thought. After each question that has the Likert scale have and open ended comment area for the teachers who wish to elaborate a chance. And then having a few more open-ended questions.
I know that I want to make it as quick and painless as possible for the teachers to respond to the survey. Anything to detailed and they will not complete it.
A likert scale would good to be used in the area of psychology. I see how you used the likert scale in this fasion. This is important to get a base on what the teachers feel, how comfortable they are with using technology and are they willing to learn. This is an important part of the data that needs to be collected. This will help with how much training is needed. What training has already be completed.
ReplyDeleteCherry, K. (2012). What is a Likert Scale?. Retrieved from http:// psychology.com/od/lindex/g/likert-scale.htm
Currently, there hasn't been anything else targeted from a survey except the STaR Chart. We are currently shifting to Google Docs and Email for the district and this is causing quite a bit of anxiety for the teachers. I am thinking that giving them a way to participate and learn will help them feel more technologically confident.
DeleteI love that you are going to train the students on trouble-shooting! How old are your students? Today in the computer lab I had a student who told me his keyboard did not work. I tried plugging it in and unplugging it and still nothing. I asked him to move to another computer and I restarted the computer. When it came back on it was fine. I think that these are some helpful tips for teachers. I know that my first (lazy) instinct was to send in a technology work order. However, I decided to take the 3 minutes to troubleshoot it myself and saved the technology dept valuable time in not having to come over just to restart a computer. These are the types of things that I think all teachers should try and I think it is wonderful to teach the kids this too! I think my 3rd graders might not quite be at that level, but if your students are older that would be so beneficial to you and the technology team! Way to go!
ReplyDeleteBridget,
DeleteMy students are 7th and 8th graders. Currently they can troubleshoot more than I expected. Currently our campus is switching from using printers to using our copiers as our printers. Some of the teachers have been so frustrated because they haven't understand how to set the printers up. The expectation to switch in one day with no preparation for the teachers created quite a bit of chaos that could have been avoided if they had walked the teachers through the steps before making the switch.
Since I am observing this as one of the teachers who can follow instructions, I can see what the technology department should have done.