Student Survey- Laptops

 We have been given a task of making a survey which may be handed out to the associated parties and we may just be, as our teacher says, " the force for change".
 My group consists of myself, Stephanie, Reshma and Adriana and we are making a survey for students. This is being done on Google Docs. So far we have all our questions and have a various ways the students answer the questions such as multiple choice questions, "yes" or "no" questions, scaling questions and even questions where they will have to write 4 or more lines.
Tomorrow we will come together and will be putting our survey together.
Sanea :)

Surveying Homework

The issues to bring to the survey include:
- The appropriate use of laptop. That means, will the student use it for wrong purposes such as go on MSN or Facebook or Youtube instead of doing their school work. The fact that it is their laptop the school is unable to put any restrictions on what sites they visit.
- In terms of the laptops given to the school, will the student be able to take the laptop home with them?
- What if the laptop gets stolen or damaged at school, the implications? Is the school liable because it is within the school environment. ( In terms of bringing their own laptop)
- What if another student damages it? ( In terms of bringing their own laptop)
- What if the laptop given by the school to the student gets damaged within the school environment or ( if allowed) at home, what consequences?
- Are parents going to agree with letting their child bring their laptop to school?

Surveying

 - A Good survey has a combination of open and closed questions.

 -  More closed questions.

 - 5 to 10 questions, give them the URL, get to fill it in.

 - 1. Have an information system in school, access that using desktops and laptops, near future, students will be carrying those laptops around with them. Survey about what students think about it.

 - Pros, Cons.

                                                                  OR

-       2. Can students bring their own laptops to school?

   STAKHOLDERS: Parents, Students, staff

-       Can do both or one.

-       Couple of people from each topic group.

Google Docs: 

DOCS. Com -->  Create new form,

HOMEWORK: ISSUES TO BRING TO SURVEY, appropriate use of laptop, will they be able to take laptops home. 

Chapter 11: PROBLEMS AND PLANS

The System Development Cycle
 --> The Five Stages
1. Understanding the problem
2. Making decisions
3. Designing a solution
4. Implementing the solution
5. Testing, evaluating and maintaining the solution
Example: Bus Duty for teachers
- Conduct a survey
- When are they available ?
What are some other ways to organise it that is not necessarily paper- based
* Could have it online
* Spreadsheet on Excel, appropriate number of columns : Days of the week, tally up how many minutes are done.
* Improvements: Easier!

Picture:

 Step 1
- Understand the nature of the system, understand the problem. What does the system do?What are the inputs and outputs?  what people are involved in the system ( users and participants)?
- Most important step
- You have to know what you are making in order to form a solution
- Observe system in progress
-   Interview participants in system

 Step 2
- Decisions to be made
--> Keep paper- based one or go online
--> Is it online IT or local solution
--> What will be its nature
--> One master copy
--> What software and hardware needed

 Step 3
-  Design the solution

Step 4
- How to implement  the solution?
- Make it accessible
- Put it in place
- Activate it
- Install hardware and software
- Training

Step 5
- How to test and evaluate
- Get someone to try it ou
- Sample Data and Test Data
- Sample: Typical data, feed it in and see if system copes
- Test: Put in unusual values, checking for unexpected values
- Feedback from clients( participants and users)

- The cycle goes around and around, it CONTINUES!