Zoomerang activity

 This is my Zoomerang survey.  Click to take my survey about "School Lunch".

What I Did:  I registered for and activated the Zoomerang tool.  I designed and activated a survey geared towards students in North Jefferson Elementary School.  I enjoyed this activity, and I am sure my students will enjoy it.  Kids always like asking "Do you like this, or this?"  

What I Learned:  I learned how easy it is to design a survey using this online tool.   I realized that it is important to frame survey questions correctly.  Before choosing my topic and composing my questions, I did some research.  I read an online article on survey design, titled How to Begin Your Survey Design Project by Creative Research Systems.  It gave some guidelines to establishing goals and following steps.

NETS-T:   This activity related to:
- Standard 1a, which states that teachers are to "promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness."  Although the tool is easy enough to use, it requires creative thinking to design the survey subject and questions.
-Standard 4c, which requires the teacher to "promote and model digital etiquette and social interactions..."  Students would need some instruction in developing a "polite" survey.

How It Can Be Used:  This activity can also be used with the 3rd grade Techsteps project "Class Favorites", which requires students to gather opinions from classmates and then design an Excel chart.