PreCourse Activities — PreCourse Survey

Please complete the survey before you start working through the course materials

First Name:

Last Name:

School Name:

Subjects currently teaching:

Grade levels currently teaching:

Best email to reach you at:

Previous experience:

1. Estimate how frequently you engage in formal professional development opportunities (workshops, courses, online events, etc.).

weekly
monthly
every three to six months
yearly

2. How often do you look for teaching resources outside of your regular curriculum materials?
3. How successful are you in locating these teaching resources?
4. Have you ever tried to use Web-based scientific data (i.e. satellite weather data, earthquake data, etc.) with your students?

yes
no

If yes, please describe your experience.

5. Have you ever tried to use a geospatial technology tool (i.e. geographic information system, image analysis program, Google Earth or Giovanni) with your students?

yes
no

If yes, please describe your experience.

6. Rate your awareness level of careers that use geospatial technology (i.e. meteorologist using image analysis to understand weather patterns).

not very aware of these careers
know of a few careers
know of some careers
know of many careers
possess a high degree of awareness about these careers

Student computer use:

7. How often do your students use computers as a part of your classroom teaching and learning activities?
8. Check the boxes to indicate the ways in which your students have used computers as a part of your course. Check all that apply.
word processing
presentations
gathering research
electronic communication
data recording and analysis
publication

Indicate how each of the following describes STUDENT computer usage and availability in your classroom/school.

9. At my school, students often use computers in their core academic classes.

yes
no

10. The students at my school use computers mostly during regular computer lab classes.

yes
no

11. There is NO computer in MY classroom for student use.

yes
no

12. Students may use one computer in my classroom.

yes
no

13. Students may use one of several computers in my classroom.

yes
no

14. There are small groups of computers for student use throughout the school (i.e. library, certain classrooms).

yes
no

15. Scheduling options allow me to schedule my students for computer use as needed.

yes
no

16. Does your school have a mobile computer lab to take to classrooms?

yes
no

Incorporating geospatial technology into teaching and learning

Use the numeric scale to rate your level of understanding and proficiency at doing the following:

17. Coming up with scientific concepts that students can learn more effectively with geospatial technology than without it.

1---I know nothing/am not able
2---I am aware, but need assistance
3---I know it for my own use
4---I know it pretty well and could share these ideas with someone else if I had time to review them
5---I could share many ideas with somebody else right now

18. Planning science lessons that make effective use of image analysis.

1---I know nothing/am not able
2---I am aware, but need assistance
3---I know it for my own use
4---I know it pretty well and could share these lessons with someone else if I had time to review them
5---I could share many lessons with somebody else right now

19. Planning science lessons that make effective use of GIS.

20. Planning science lessons that make effective use of Google Earth.

21. Planning science lessons that make effective use of Giovanni.

Self assessment of information technology skills

Use the numeric scale to rate your level of understanding and proficiency with aspects of using Internet facilities and email.

22. Attach image or text documents to email messages.

1---I know nothing/am not able
2---I am aware, but need assistance
3---I know it for my own use
4---I know it pretty well and could teach it to someone else if I had time to review
5---I could teach it to somebody else right now

23. Detach and open documents that arrive as attachments to email.

24. Send and receive messages to listserves.

25. Locate and download images.

26. Use a digital library to locate educational resources.

27. Open and view various file formats.

28. Take and save screen shots on your computer.

29. Install software.

30. Navigate computer file systems to locate saved files.

Use the numeric scale to rate your level of understanding and use of image analysis techniques in ImageJ.

31. Adjust the lookup table of a digital image.

32. Make distance and area measurements on digital images.

33. Adjust image brightness and contrast.

34. Stack and animate time-series images to detect change over time.

35. Interpret an image histogram.

36. Create color composite images.

Use the numeric scale to rate your level of understanding and use of geographic information system techniques.

37. Use point, line, polygon, and image data to build a GIS map.

38. Add, turn on or off, activate, or change the drawing order of layers.

39. Change the map scale or projection.

40. Find, select, and manipulate the records of an attribute table.

41. Perform feature queries.

42. Perform spatial queries.

Use the numeric scale to rate your level of understanding and use of Giovanni.

43. Select a region of interest.

44. Set parameters including dates and type of data.

45. Select a visualization type (time series, lat-long map, animation, etc.).

46. Choose a visualization type appropriate for your needs.

47. Export Giovanni data to Google Earth or as a net cdf file to view in a GIS program.

Use the numeric scale to rate your level of understanding and use of Google Earth.

48. Navigate the globe.

49. Turn layers on and off and order them.

50. Add layers from other sources.

51. Create placemarks.

52. Add overlays.

53. Create a narrated tour in Google Earth.

54. How did you find out about Eyes in the Sky II?
55. If other, please describe.

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