Indiana in the World Teacher Survey


The Indiana in the World project supports educators in exploring Indiana's international connections for teaching and learning in classrooms throughout the state. We offer resources at levels targeted to Indiana's middle school social studies and foreign language teachers and their students. This teacher-centered Web site is a virtual network for educators who share interests in the global connections of Indiana's localities. The Indiana in the World project assists teachers and students in examining how Indiana's local communities take part in changing economic and cultural environments of globalization.

Teacher Survey...

In order to provide the Social Studies and Foreign Language teachers in the state of Indiana with content relevant to the Indiana State Standards and Indiana global connections, a database will be added to the Indiana in the World Web site to facilitate lesson planning.

The following brief survey will assist us in the design of the database. The Indiana in the World Web site team wishes to thank you for the few minutes of your time it will take to complete this survey.

1. Please provide us with some demographic data about yourself.
a. Do you teach Social Studies?	Yes No
b. Do you teach Foreign Language?	Yes No
c. What grade(s) do you teach?	6 7 8 Other

2. We are interested in how you are currently using the computer to develop your lesson plans.
d. Do you use the Internet to help you develop a lesson plan?	Yes No
e. Do you use a course management application currently?	Yes No
f. Do you ask your students to use the Internet to collect data for a lesson?	Yes No
g. What would you say is the most difficult thing about using the Internet to plan a lesson?
h. What would you like to see included on a site focusing on Social Studies and/or Foreign Language that would make your lesson planning easier?	Social Studies: Web sites listed Lesson plans ready Ideas Collected data Other Foreign Language: Web sites listed Lesson plans ready Ideas Collected data Other

3. Meeting Indiana's Standards is an increasing concern for teachers. Please answer the next four questions relating to Indiana's Standards.
g. Do you have the Indiana standards in mind when you begin to design a lesson plan for Social Studies or Foreign Language?	Yes No
h. Do you integrate Indiana's Global Connections into your lesson plans?	Yes No
i. Would you integrate more of Indiana's Global Connections into your lesson plans if you had a resource to assist you in doing this?	Yes No
k. Which standards do you find are particularly difficult to plan for?	History Civics and Gov't Geography Economics Individuals, Society, and Culture

4. ICAN (Individualized Curriculum & Assessment Notebook) is a Web based lesson planning and management tool sponsored by the Fishback Creek Public Academy. Please answer the following questions related to ICAN.

l. Are you familiar with ICAN?	Yes No
m. Do you currently have access to ICAN at your school or home?	Yes No
n. Do you currently use ICAN to develop your lesson plans?	Yes No
o. Do you expect to have access to ICAN in the next 6-12 months?	Yes No

5. Would you be interested in working with the Indiana in the World design team by submitting a lesson plan to be included in the database?
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