Survey Results

Here are the results of our Technology Use Survey. I think these results are very interesting. First, they show that most of you have more technology know-how than you probably relized. Second, it should show you that if there were some things on the survey you didn't know how to do or had never heard of before, you're not alone! I recevied a total of 14 surveys back (missing one), so numbers indicated number of people who checked off each item.

Technology Survey

Computer Hardware
Have own desktop computer – 12
Have own laptop computer – 10
Have high-speed internet access at home – 14
Have wireless access at home – 6
Have own handheld computer – 0
Have own iPod or other .mp3 music player – 7
Have own digital camera – 9
Have own digital video camera – 5
Have own digital audio recorder – 5
Have a cell phone that can take digital audio/video – 6
Have own electronic bilingual dictionary – 2

On-line communication
Have more than 1 E-mail addresses/account (between 2 and 4) – 14
Have written and sent e-mails in a language other than English – 13
Use Instant Messenger or Chat Rooms – 10
Use Skype or other voice-over-internet protocols (i.e., internet telephone services) – 4
Subscribe to one or more listservs – 3
Have posted messages to on-line discussion boards or newsgroups – 8
Have left user feedback or comments on Amazon.com, e-bay, etc. – 4

Webpages
Occasionally visit webpages – 5
Regularly visit webpages – 11
Have created my own webpage(s) – 5
Know how to use webpage authoring program(s) – 0
Know HTML – 1
Know javascript or other coding languages – 2

Blogs
Occasionally read one or more blogs – 6
Regularly read one or more blogs – 4
Have posted comment on a blog – 4
Subscribe to a blog (via RSS) – 1

Social Networking
Occasionally visit social networking sites (e.g., Facebook, MySpace, Xanga, other) – 5
Regularly visit social networking sites – 0
Have own page on one or more social networking sites – 4

Digital Photos and Video
Have uploaded my photos to an on-line photo album to share with family and friends – 9
Have uploaded own photos and made available to the public (e.g., Flicrk, Yahoo) – 4
Have uploaded digital video to YouTube or other on-line video sharing site – 1
Can edit photos using photo editing software – 9
Can edit video and make mini-movies using video editing software – 4

Wikis
Used Wikipedia – 10
Edited Wikipedia – 0
Created a new article on Wikipedia – 0
Contributed to other Wikis – 0

RSS
Have an aggregator program – 0
Subscribe to one or more RSS feeds – 0

Podcasts
Listened to or watched podcasts on the computer – 5
Downloaded a podcast to an .mp3 player to listen to or watch – 2
Regularly subscribe to one or more podcasts – 0
Created a podcast – 0

Other
Have made on-line purchases – 13
Have bought things from on-line auction sites like e-bay – 7
Have sold things on on-line auction sites like e-bay – 4
Have downloaded and installed software – 10
Use internet to manage bank-account, pay bills, or other personal finances – 11
Have surfed the internet via a cell-phone or PDA – 3

Language Learning Software
Have used software to learn a language:
(List and describe)
Rosetta Stone Arabic
Rosetta Stone-used as an instructor-English Rosetta Stone-used as a student-Spanish

Language Teaching and Technology
Occasionally use technology in the classroom
Regularly use technology in the classroom
(List and describe)
Smart board, ppt, WebCT, website, google search engine, language learning software