More Results

I was able to teach another lesson with a few more students this time that attended.  It really was nothing ground breaking as far as the lesson goes.  I just went through solving equations with 1 variable.  I was able to have the students work together again and I had different students work through the problems on the whiteboard.  I incorporated an example involving allowances for siblings.  Anyway, I thought the lesson went well and the students surveyed seemed to enjoy the lesson.  Here are the results of my survey.

1.  The lesson was interesting.
        a.Strongly Disagree  0/16 (  0%)
        b.Disagree           0/16 (  0%)
        c.Agree             13/16 ( 81%)
        d.Strongly Agree     3/16 ( 19%)
No Answer        0/16 (  0%)

           
2.The lesson was fun or entertaining.
        a.Strongly Disagree  0/16 (  0%)
        b.Disagree           0/16 (  0%)
        c.Agree              7/16 ( 44%)
        d.Strongly Agree     9/16 ( 56%)
No Answer        0/16 (  0%)


3.The teacher was fun or entertaining.
        a.Strongly Disagree  0/16 (  0%)
        b.Disagree           1/16 (  6%)
        c.Agree              4/16 ( 25%)
        d.Strongly Agree    11/16 ( 69%)
No Answer        0/16 (  0%)

4.You want to learn more about the topic.
        a.Strongly Disagree  0/16 (  0%)
        b.Disagree           5/16 ( 31%)
        c.Agree             10/16 ( 63%)
        d.Strongly Agree     1/16 (  6%)
No Answer        0/16 (  0%)

5.You will discuss the topic with someone later today.
        a.Strongly Disagree  1/16 (  6%)
        b.Disagree           7/16 ( 44%)
        c.Agree              7/16 ( 44%)
        d.Strongly Agree     1/16 (  6%)
No Answer        0/16 (  0%)


6.What do you think could have been better about the lesson?
    there could have been more problems to work out              1/16 (  6%)
    nothin'                                                      1/16 (  6%)
    nothing                                                      6/16 ( 38%)
    N/A                                                          1/16 (  6%)
    I think it was fine the way it was                           1/16 (  6%)
    Type your answer here not much!                              1/16 (  6%)
    a few more examples and a little longer of a class           1/16 (  6%)
    its kinda hard to solve problems with that annite thing      1/16 (  6%)
    I don't think their was anything that needed to be changed.  1/16 (  6%)
    i dont know                                                  1/16 (  6%)
No Answer                                                  1/16 (  6%)


7.What do you think could have been better about the teacher?
    nothin'                                                                                             1/16 (  6%)
    nothing                                                                                             6/16 ( 38%)
    N/A                                                                                                 1/16 (  6%)
    The teacher was very good at his job                                                                1/16 (  6%)
    Type your answer here everything!! lol yeah he's alright                                            1/16 (  6%)
    not much he was verry helpfull                                                                      1/16 (  6%)
    could have told us how to type instead of draw when solving problems would have been much simplier  1/16 (  6%)
    There didn't need to be any change :D!                                                              1/16 (  6%)
    uuuuuuuuuu i dont know B^)                                                                          1/16 (  6%)
    Nothing! The teacher was funny, smart, and helpful!                                                 1/16 (  6%)
No Answer                                                                                         1/16 (  6%)

8.What did you like about the lesson?
    the math                                                                                            1/16 (  6%)
    everything                                                                                          2/16 ( 13%)
    Teaming up                                                                                          1/16 (  6%)
    N/A                                                                                                 1/16 (  6%)
    the teacher                                                                                         1/16 (  6%)
    I liked the fact that it explained everything thoroughly                                            1/16 (  6%)
    Type your answer here it was fine                                                                   1/16 (  6%)
    it was fun                                                                                          1/16 (  6%)
    Everything :)                                                                                       1/16 (  6%)
    the way the teacher explains the work                                                               1/16 (  6%)
    it was entertaining                                                                                 1/16 (  6%)
    Having an awesome teacher and really awesome students                                               1/16 (  6%)
    i dont rilly know yet lol                                                                           1/16 (  6%)
    I liked the "hands on" stuff where the students could work out the problems in front of the class.  1/16 (  6%)
No Answer                                                                                         1/16 (  6%)


9.What did you like about the teacher?
    he's fun                                                                                          1/16 (  6%)
    everything                                                                                        2/16 ( 13%)
    sense of humor                                                                                    1/16 (  6%)
    he's cool                                                                                         1/16 (  6%)
    he was entertaing and was interesting to listin to                                                1/16 (  6%)
    I liked that he was nice and was very good at explaining things                                   1/16 (  6%)
    Type your answer here he was fun and interesting                                                  1/16 (  6%)
    he helps                                                                                          1/16 (  6%)
    how he explains the work                                                                          1/16 (  6%)
    was funny                                                                                         1/16 (  6%)
    he was nice and understanding and he went back for the kids who needed help and                   1/16 (  6%)
    Mr. Sunne is a really great guy and he is a very good teacher. He explains everything very well.  1/16 (  6%)
    boring........ (just kiding he is a good teacher)                                                 1/16 (  6%)
    Had a great personality, not too serious. :)                                                      1/16 (  6%)
No Answer                                                                                       1/16 (  6%)

Results with very small sample

I was able to run my survey with a class that I did today.  It started out with about 10 students and ended with 5 so I didn't get a very big sample size.  I really wasn't to impressed with my lesson because a majority of the student's in my class didn't have the sufficient background needed to do the content I was teaching about.  I chose to do a lesson system of equations.  I taught my lesson in the middle of the afternoon which was different because I usually teach at 9:00 am.  This might have caused my small sample size.  I am going to try this survey again on my next lesson but it is something to get me started.

1.  The lesson was interesting.
        a.Strongly Disagree  0/5 (  0%)
        b.Disagree           0/5 (  0%)
        c.Agree              4/5 ( 80%)
        d.Strongly Agree     1/5 ( 20%)
No Answer        0/5 (  0%)


2.The less was fun or entertaining.
        a.Strongly Disagree  0/5 (  0%)
        b.Disagree           0/5 (  0%)
        c.Agree              4/5 ( 80%)
        d.Strongly Agree     1/5 ( 20%)
No Answer        0/5 (  0%)

3.The teacher was fun or entertaining.
        a.Strongly Disagree  0/5 (  0%)
        b.Disagree           0/5 (  0%)
        c.Agree              2/5 ( 40%)
        d.Strongly Agree     3/5 ( 60%)
No Answer        0/5 (  0%)

4.You want to learn more about the topic.
        a.Strongly Disagree  0/5 (  0%)
        b.Disagree           2/5 ( 40%)
        c.Agree              2/5 ( 40%)
        d.Strongly Agree     1/5 ( 20%)
No Answer        0/5 (  0%)

5.You will discuss the topic with someone later today.
        a.Strongly Disagree  0/5 (  0%)
        b.Disagree           4/5 ( 80%)
        c.Agree              1/5 ( 20%)
        d.Strongly Agree     0/5 (  0%)
No Answer        0/5 (  0%)

6.What do you think could have been better about the lesson?
    be to class on time                                                                   1/5 ( 20%)
    Umm not much, I thought it was great.                                              1/5 ( 20%)
    nothing i didnt know anything about it and now i have a good idea on how to do it  1/5 ( 20%)
    I dont think it needed to be changed                                               1/5 ( 20%)
    nothing                                                                            1/5 ( 20%)
No Answer                                                                        0/5 (  0%)

7.What do you think could have been better about the teacher?
    nohing                                            2/5 ( 40%)
    Nothing..                                         1/5 ( 20%)
    nothing he broke everything down into easy steps  1/5 ( 20%)
    Nothing teacher was awesome :D                    1/5 ( 20%)
No Answer                                       0/5 (  0%)

8.What did you like about the lesson?
    the graphing                                        2/5 ( 40%)
    When I got to write on the board :)                 1/5 ( 20%)
    The teacher was great and helped the students alot  1/5 ( 20%)
    i was able to understand it well                    1/5 ( 20%)
No Answer                                         0/5 (  0%)

9.What did you like about the teacher?
    he's funny                                                                                               1/5 ( 20%)
    Nice, easy to listen to, never got boring.                                                               1/5 ( 20%)
    everything he was very helpful                                                                           1/5 ( 20%)
    He's really great and likes to know what you like to do and your hobbies and such. Captain Awesome :D!!  1/5 ( 20%)
    he didnt say "um" all the time and it seemed like he knew what he was doing                              1/5 ( 20%)
No Answer                                                                                              0/5 (  0%)

Let's try it!

I currently have a lesson planned in which I am going to try some different things to survey may students on student engagement.  I am going to use a website that will enable my students to participate by using an applet to show the slope and y intercept of a linear equation.  I am also planning on having the students work in pairs to come up with ideas on how to graph linear equations.  I am a little nervous about allowing them to chat together privately but I think it will be a great experiment to see how it goes.

I think one of the things that I am finding out is that as online teachers we have more barriers to get by to get our students engaged, however the online component of a class itself can be engaging because it is out of the ordinary and may allow students to focus without an outside distractions.  However, I think it could do the opposite because of all the distractions one could pick up while working online. :)

I am learning some new things and I am enjoying all of the conversations that people are discussing.

We have begun!

We have started to delve into our class now.  We have begun to discuss the our different thoughts on engagement and how to define what engagement is.  I think many people have the same type of definition of engagement but they all differ slightly because of our own opinions.  I hear engagement when kids our talking about what we learned from that day after the class.  I see engagement when my kids our actively interested in whatever we have talked about for the day. 

Since I now teach online, the seeing is no longer something that I am able to use to decide if I am engaging my students.  We approach our lessons differently then a traditional classroom teacher.  We do not have that physical presence in the classroom but we still have the opportunity to be present in voice and provide them visual and audio ques.  I think it may be more difficult to assess or identify if we are engaging our students but it is something I hope I can learn more about and apply to my lessons!

The Beginning

We haven't really started our class yet.  We have however introduced ourselves and given some information about where we all teach.  It is a very diverse teaching group which is very interesting.  There are teachers from around the world actually which makes it even more exciting.  I am intrigued to see the differences and similarities to all of our different teaching locations and mediums.