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21st Century Skills Survey Questions PDF
21st Century Skills Survey Questions PDF
21st Century Skills Survey Questions PDF
st
CenturySkills
PossibleSurveyQuestions
MichaelCorneau
Leadership:
1. Hastheorganizationeffectivelyidentifiedtheseskills(knownastheFourCs)asprioritiesfor
staffdevelopmentandcurriculumplanning?
CriticalThinking
CommunicationsSkills
Collaboration/teambuilding
CreativityandInnovation
2. Hasthedistrictmeasuredtheseskillsandcompetencies(theFourCs)duringannual
performancereviews?
Yes or No
3. Hasyourorganizationmadeanefforttoassesstheseskillsandcompetencieswhenhiringnew
employees?
Yes or No
4. Howdoyoubelievethedistrictwillviewtheseskillsandcompetenciesinthenextfiveyears?
a. Theywillbecomelessimportant
b. Theywillremainthesame
c. Theywillbemoreimportant
d. Noopinion
5. Ratebyorderofimportancewhyyoubelievetheseadditionalskillsandcompetenciesare
takingonrelativeimportanceinthebusinessenvironment/workplace.
a. Natureofwork
b. GlobalCompetition
c. Paceandchange
d. Organizationalstructure
6. Howwouldyouratetheskilllevelsofrecentgraduateswiththeneedfortodaysworkthatis
requiredintheplaceofwork?
a. Excellentlyprepared
b. Preparedrelativelywell
c. Somewhatprepared
d. Notprepared
7. PleaseratethefollowingmethodfordevelopingemployeesinclosingthegapusingtheFour
Cs
a. ProfessionalDevelopmenttraining
b. Inhouse/jobtraining
c. Mentoring
d. Oneononecoaching
8. DoyoubelievethatfusingthethreeRs(reading,writingandarithmetic)withtheFourCs
(CriticalThinking,CommunicationsSkills,Collaboration/teambuilding,Creativityand
Innovation)ensures21
st
Centuryreadinessforstudentstoday?
Additionalquestionsslantedinadifferentway:
1. Doyoubelieveonlyhighachievingstudentsbenefitfromtheuseoftechnology?
2. Doyoufeelthatteachersarepreparedbytheirinitialteacherpreparationprogramsto
effectivelyincorporate21
st
Centurythinkingandtechnologyintheirclassrooms?
3. Whatdoyoubelievetheeffectonstudentengagementiswhentechnologyisintegratedin
thecontentareas?
4. Whenyourschoolwantstoimplementnewtechnologysupportedlearningstrategies,how
doesyourschooltypicallyhandlethattrainingandsupport?Pleaseselectallthatapply.
a. Trainafewteacherstotrainothers
b. Havemastercoordinatortotrainall
c. Sendeachteachertotrainingclasses
d. Bringatrainertoschool
e. Registerforonlineclass/course
f. Developsupportteamsofteacherstomeetandshareexperiences
5. Whenyouwanttolearnhowtoincorporatenewtechnologyinyourclassroom,wheredoyou
turn?
a. Onlinesocialnetwork
b. Booksonthesubject
c. Technologyclass
d. Gradelevelteam/subjectlevelteam
e. Friendoutsideofprofession
f. Website
g. Technologyspecialist/support
h. Fellowteachernotspecificallydesignatedtechnologysupportorspecialist
StudentbasedQuestions
(Usethescaletodetermineyourcomfortlevelwitheachfactorusingeducationaltechnology
byshadingintheportionthatrepresentsyourthinking.)
Example:
Ilikehavingapetathome.(Shadeinthearea)
NotComfortable1234VeryComforable
1. Takingquizzesonline
NotComfortable1234VeryComforable
2. Usinganonlineresponsequestionand
Answersystemaspartofyourclasswork
NotComfortable1234VeryComforable
3. UsingGoogledocsorAppstolearn
NotComfortable1234VeryComforable
4. Usingwebbasedthreadeddiscussion
tools
NotComfortable1234VeryComforable
5. Usingchattools
NotComfortable1234VeryComforable
6. Creatinganimationswithartprograms
NotComfortable1234VeryComforable
7. Usingmultimediaaneditingtoolsfor
differentpresentations
NotComfortable1234VeryComforable
8. Usingdesktoppublishingprograms
NotComfortable1234VeryComforable
9. Usingtheinternetforresearch
NotComfortable1234VeryComforable
10. Doyoufeeltheamountoftimeprovidedtoyouisgenerallyadequatetolearneducational
technologies?
NotComfortable1234VeryComforable
11. ManystudentsusesocialnetworkingsitessuchasFacebook,MySpace,Bebo,Orkutto
keepintouchwithfriendsandacquaintances.Ifyouusesuchasite,howwouldyoufeel
abouteffortstointegratethatsiteinotyouracademicexperienceseeing
announcementsfromyourclassesinFacebook,forinstance?
12. Whichofthefollowingportabledevicesdoyouown,andwhichwouldyouliketoown?
(Markoneanswerforeach)
a. SmartPhone
b. CellPhone
c. AudioPlayer
d. VideoPlayer
e. LaptopComputer
f. IPAD
g. Kindel,Nook,EReader
h. NetbookorHandheldcomputer
13. Manyteachersareinterestedincreatinglessons/courseswhichasksstudentstowork
withdigitalmediasuchasvideoandaudiofiles.Whichofthefollowingmediarelated
technologieswouldyouliketousetolearnandpresentwhatyouhavelearned?
a. DigitalCamera(aspartofacellphone)
b. DigitalCamera(butnotpartofacellphone)
c. DigitalAudioRecordingDevice
d. DigitalVideoCamera
e. Videoeditingsoftwareonacomputer
14. Manynewwebbasedtechnologiesallowuserstoparticipateactivelyinthecreationof
onlinecontentrelatedmaterialassociatedtoschoolwork.Wouldyoubeinterestedin
thefollowing?
a. CreateorcontributetoaBlog
b. CreateorcontributetoaWiki
c. Createapodcast
d. Uploadavideoto(eg.YouTube)tosharewithothers
e. Uploadphotosto(eg.Snapfish)tosharewithothers
14.aScale:(Pleaserefertoquestion14toansweryourpreferredlevelofparticipation)
15. Pleaseratethefollowingbymarkingonlyoneanswerforeach:
Educationaltechnologyhasplayedanimportantroleinmylearningexperienceinavarietyof
ways.
a. Mostoftheavailabletechnologyisavailableandeasytolearn
b. Educationandtheincorporationofgroupworktoproblemsolveandtheuseofavariety
oftechnologyhasmadeiteasierformetolearn
c. Educationandtheincorporationofgroupwork,toproblemsolveandtheuseofaveriety
oftechnologyhasmadeiteasiertoworkwithotherstudents
d. TheeducationthatIamreceivingthatallowsmetoworkwithotherstoproblemsolve
andwiththeuseoftechnologywillbeusefulinmyfuturecareer
e. Thewayteachersareeducatingmethroughtheuseoftechnology,beinginvolvedin
groupworktosolveproblemshelpsmetoseehowtheideasIlearninclassapplytoreal
life
f. ThewayIamprovidedinstructionthoughmycollaboratingwithotherstoproblemsolve
andinusingtechnologyhashelpedmetoproduceoneormoreversionsofanassignment
beforethefinalproduct
g. IammoreengagedinclasswhentechnologyisapartofmyeducationandIamableto
workwithothersonprojectswhereIhavetofindsolutionstorealproblems
h. IammoreengagedinmyclassworkwhentechnologyisreadilyavailableandIamableto
workwithotherstosolveproblemsandfindsolutionsthroughincreasedchoices,flexible
grouping,andthroughtheuseofavarietyofmaterials.Iaminvolvedinaprocess
16. Whichbestdescribesmypreference:
a. Iprefertakingclasseswherethereisnotcollaborationwithothersoruseof
technology
b. Iprefertotakeanonlinecoursethatusesasmallamountoftechnology
c. IprefertakingacoursewithmoderateuseoftechnologyandwhenIamnothavingto
collaboratefacetofacewithothers
d. Iprefertousetechnologyandcollaboratewithothertoproblemsolve,suecomputer
simulations,havediscussionsthroughblogs,wikis,learnfromstreamingvideosand
audios,learnonline
e. Iprefertakingcoursesonlineexclusivelywithnofacetofaceinteractions
17. Visualizations,simulations,andoranimationshelpmetolearndifficultconcepts
18. Whenatschool,IfrequentlyexperienceproblemswiththecomputerIamusing,orthe
printer,ortheinterent