Class Survey

1. My name is Anthony and I am from Cleveland, Ohio.  My email is jambrose13@jcu.edu.

2. I prefer to be called Anthony.

3. I am interested in teaching junior high school or high school social studies.

4. I like to read and watch a variety of movies and tv shows... I love listening to many different kinds of music.  I enjoy watching soccer especially this past year's World Cup.  I work at a bookstore and love my job.

5. I have to feel encouragement to participate in classroom discussions.  I have to feel welcome to answer questions when the instructor poses them.

6. As a student, I am usually very timely with work that needs to be done.  I finish most, if not all, of my assignments on time and meet deadlines well.  When I do not understand something, I will usually contact the instructor via email and make appointment with him or her... or I expect the instructor to be able to answer my question(s) via response to my email.

7. I learn very well visually and like to see things done in front of me before I do them... especially when it comes to technology.

8.  The invention of the world wide web.  It opens up the doors to communication in ways that were never before possible.

9. My cell phone*, iPod*

10. After school, I usually go home and get on my computer immediately.  I check my Facebook and other notifications.  I work four days a week, so sometimes my time to use technology is minimal.

11. I think that texting is a form of technology that is used excessively... I include myself in this category.  I text so often it beats any other form of communication.

12. I think in this class we need to A) Have classroom discussions about what the role of technology should be in the classroom B) Learn different ways that technology can be incorporated into the classroom and why C) Use technology in order to learn more about one another in the class... for example, the blogging D) and avoid tests and use more creative projects to test the class's knowledge.

13. Where did Dr. Shutkin go to school? Where is Dr. Shutkin from? Have you taught at any other schools besides John Carroll?