Steven Yarbrough,
Reich College
of Education, Appalachian State University
Artifact 12
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Context
I created this Technology Availability Survey for Students during my
student teaching experience. I found that students' comfort-level
and access to math-related technologies vary widely. This survey
would be given to students near the start of a term, in order for the
teacher to learn about how much access his or her students have to
technology (computers and calculators) and what type of access they
have. This survey should also indicate whether students are
comfortable using technology and whether they prefer
technology-enhanced assignments.
This artifact should be used by any in-service teacher before assigning
technology-related tasks to students.
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Impact
This survey supports instructional practice by informing the teacher
about students' available tools, skills with those tools, and interest
in using those tools to learn mathematics. The results of this
survey could be used to support peer communication and school
improvement; teachers could discuss survey results and determine how to
organize or offer school-owned technologies to students in a way that
is more convenient or conducive to learning.
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Alignment
Since one goal of this survey is to ensure that all students'
technology needs (and, hopefully, preferences) are met within the
capabilities of the school, this artifact demonstrates NETS-T standard VI-E
and NCATC standard 14.2 for equitable access.
