Technology Design 6, 7, & 8

Mr. King
Week #4
Fall 2014

Pre-Class Computer Skills - Survey Monkey & MS Excel
Group Information Processing Assignment

Essential Question: If your group was instructing the teacher of this class with what to teach,
based upon the EVIDENCE of the student gathered data in our two Survey Monkey surveys,
what would be the best subject(s) to focus upon and teach to the students in this class? Based
upon the statistical data, why?

CCSS Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.7
Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as
well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

CCSS.ELA-SL 6.2 Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually,
quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.

ISTE NETS Standards

2. Communication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively,
including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital
environments and media
b. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of
media and formats
d. Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems

3. Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, use information.
b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety
of sources and media

4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve
problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
a. Identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation
b. Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project
c. Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions

Technology Design 6, 7, & 8
Mr. King
Week #4
Fall 2014

Objectives: SWBAT
1.) Log on to a computer, open up a web page, and learn how to complete a survey through
Survey Monkey.
2.) Reflect on their lives, interests, goals, and ambitions through a personal interest, and
computer software and internet website usage inquiry survey.
3.) Begin to develop in their own self-knowledge with regard to what are their talents,
skills, passions and abilities, and about the future they want to create for themselves.
4.) Know themselves in relation and comparison to their fellow classmates, and begin to
communicate and collaborate effectively with other students in this class.
5.) Learn some the basics of information/data processing including input, output,
processing (analysis, manipulation, evaluation sort lists, graphing,) distribution, and
storage.
6.) Learn the basics of MS Excel to begin processing information/data input, output,
processing (analysis, manipulation, evaluation sort lists, graphing,) distribution, and
storage.
7.) Identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation when
processing the data from our class surveys which will serve in the creation of the
direction of this class.
8.) Develop in their ability to understand, analyze, evaluate, compare and contrast, and
draw logical and statistical conclusions based upon information/data gathered in our
class survey using Survey Monkey and MS Excel.

Directions:
Part 1:
1.) Go to www.prepatec.weebly.com.
2.) Select your grade level 6, 7, or 8.
3.) Scroll down to Computer Skills Survey #1 and #2.
4.) Complete both surveys.
5.) If time runs out in one sitting, you can put periods (.) in missing survey fields and
officially save your entries by pressing Next.
6.) The next time when you continue your survey you can put periods (.) in answered
survey fields from a previous session, and enter only the entries which you had
previously left with periods (.) in the blanks.

Part 2:
7.) Once the student data collection is completed through Survey Monkey, students form
into groups of 3-4 students with nearby neighbors based upon the seating chart.
8.) The data files will be exported by Mr. King into an Excel (.elxs) spreadsheet and
provided to students on www.prepatec.weebly.com to be downloaded by students
onto their Flash drives so that groups can learn to process and analyze data with MS
Technology Design 6, 7, & 8
Mr. King
Week #4
Fall 2014
Excel. This is project-based learning and trial by doing done in groups where group
members are the first to assist you and Mr. King when and if necessary.
9.) The names of the files are Survey Part 1 Results, Survey Part 2 Results, and Part
2 Summary Graph Result A.
10.) To process, analyze, and evaluate the data, students in teams will learn to use MS
Excel to select class groups, organize, sort lists, and create graphs so that the data can
be read to answer questions, draw conclusions, identify challenges where students
might all lack knowledge, and/or create further questions for investigation based upon
the data.
11.) This is project-based learning. It is also trial by fire, swim by jumping in, and/or
learn by doing done in groups where group members are the first to assist you and
Mr. King when and if necessary.
12.) A series of independent online training videos available through Google search can
assist students in learning the basics of information processing with MS Excel.
13.) Mr. King can and will also provide direct teaching guided demonstrations in learning
the basics of information processing with MS Excel to assist you as necessary.

Part 3:
14.) All of the student results are to be recorded and written up on the Pre-Class
Computer Skills - Survey Monkey & MS Excel Group Information Processing Write-Up
Sheet.
15.) This write-up sheet includes some specific definitely right/wrong answer questions
and also some student reflection no right answer exploration questions.
16.) Plus, there is the Essential Question (Overarching Question) of this entire assignment:
If you were the teacher of this class, based upon the EVIDENCE of the data gathered in
these two surveys, what would the most important things for you to focus on and teach
to the students in this class? Why? Give evidence in the form of statistics to support
your answer.
17.) Also, what information did you find in your data processing that you can share with
us? This can be anything your team discovers in the data as long as it is based upon the
actual data having been correctly read in this survey.
18.) Please note that some questions ask you for data from your group, or your entire class
(for example: 6E, 7A, or 8B) only, or for ALL of Mr. Kings classes depending upon the
question(s) asked.
19.) Please also Sort and graph the data using MS Excel.Save your graphs and sorted Excel
(.xlsx) files onto your flash drives in a folder named InformationProcessingProject