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As a final activity, attendees were invited to complete an on-line evaluation published on GCC's Perception web server. MCLI has also tallied responses from 67 paper-based evaluations and published the results on the Dialogue Days web site.

Attendees were also invited to contribute feedback and discussion on a more freely structured message board, which remains active on the Dialogue Days web site at http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/cgi-bin/bbs/webdev01.pl.

Multiple-choice:

• The event was well-organized.
  Strongly agree: 18 | Agree: 12 | Disagree: 0
• The activities we engaged in were pertinent and worthwhile.
  Strongly agree: 14 | Agree: 16 | Disagree: 0
• My expectations were met.
  Strongly agree: 13 | Agree: 14 | Disagree: 3
• I learned something new and useful about technology.
  Strongly agree: 16 | Agree: 12 | Disagree: 2
• It was worth my time to attend this event.
  Strongly agree: 21 | Agree: 7 | Disagree: 2
• I learned something new and useful about teaching and learning.
  Strongly agree: 16 | Agree: 13 | Disagree: 1

• What can we do to improve the event?
• What did you enjoy most about the event?
• About what other aspect of any technology seen today would you like more information?
• What was the most useful or valuable part of the event?

What can we do to improve the event?

• A vegetarian soup
• Better classroom instruction; take home handouts with information pertinent to classroom sessions
• Everything worked well. I think that maybe the morning session could have been cut in half and the other half used for poster sessions. Then the afternoon could have run two sessions so that people would be able to see at least two presentations.
• First, do not provide sessions on technology that all of the campuses do not offer. I think it is a waste of time to get the attendees excited about technology and then send them back to a campus where they cannot use what they learned (i.e. SSIs). Unless the server is programmed to allow SSIs, then they can not be used. There are other technologies that were introduced such as using Flash for online coursework and creating Web forms. However, without the appropriate resources, these are two more examples of something that cannot be used. Although the technology is great, it will only create more work orders for IT staff. In the case of Web forms, they require some CGI scripting, so what good is it to demonstrate their capabilities if they cannot be used? I think the technology presented was overall a great selection. However, I strongly disagree with demonstrating technology that is not available to everyone. If you are going to teach something, then it needs to be available.
• Great job!!!
• I would love to have an activity (The Strongest Link did this somewhat) that got tech people and faculty problem solving together. It seems to me that we do not listen to each other enough. This way, faculty members could see the amazing possibilities of technology while also learning the practical problem solving skills that must go on in the background to get the site or activity to work.
• Keep changing it! Each year it is different, some years better than others, but all good. Don't standardize!
• Less speeches about subjects off the web topic
• Less surveys, more demonstrations.
• Let presentors have dry run to avoid technology problems
• More diverse hands on workshops
• More in-depth hands-on activity, such as develop a test and observe results from the test
• Morning session could be 1/2 as long. More time for break-out sessions.
• Nothing.
• Perhaps do a 1 minute "preview" at the end of the large meeting of the upcoming sessions in order to help participants select which session they would like to attend.
• Perhaps incorporate an "outside" notable keynote speaker on technology and education; Provide more sessions on applications of technology
• Please continue with these events.
• Possibly go into a bit more detail about the technical aspects (it is a fine line to still keep things easy to understand with people who are not as technically savvy as others)
• Shorten up the morning "rounds" a bit (they were good, but dragged a little.) I'd like to hear a bit more about new trends from the District.
• Support for Mac users. It was embarassing to be in a classroom with clunky old Macs when we have nice G4 with flatscreen monitors in our offices (at GCC) and in the pit in HTI.
• The morning session was extremely interesting, but I would like to know who has the technology and how we can access it and use it in our classrooms.
• Use more comfortable chairs at the beginning of the event. Chairs to hard for length of sitting. Refreshments available during the break somewhere close by the tech. center.
• Verify that all software and equipment is correctly functioning, allow more hands-on training. Inform presenters to "jazz it up." No monotone speaking, no vocal interferences. One individaul that was presenting kept having his pager go off repeatedly.
• more hands on, less lecture more things in my subject area shorter morning activity
• provide more hands-on training as opposed to discussions / demonstrations of projects that are already done

What did you enjoy most about the event?

• Alan, Sharon and Tom's presentation. The morning was fun. The discussions were provocative.
• Dr. Jon Storslee's presentation about e-business
• Everything was great. The morning session was very engaging
• Exposure to some new techniques & applications; stimulating morning session
• Hands on workshops
• I enjoyed the E-Business session the most. I found the information valuable and useful.
• I enjoyed the networking opportunities and the first workshop I attended this afternoon regarding a writing template on the web.
• Interaction with other faculty and staff
• Learning about Portfolio assessement AND the Scientific Method in FLASH
• Meeting other technology developers in the district.
• Seeing new technology deonstrated.
• Seeing the feedback system in use. I've heard about them for years, but never seen and used one before.
• Talking to others having the same successes/failures/frustrations that I've been having!
• The Strongest Link morning activity was enjoyable. I found the questions to be very well-written and informative with a touch of humor. It was a great, well-planned networking opportunity. Good job!
• The annual "catching up" that always accompanies these events.
• The break-out sessions. Especially those focused on classroom applications!
• The chance to see some new tecthnology, and to have some stimulating discussions. There was great interchange of colleagues.
• The demonstrations in the High Tech Center. The lunch was much better than I expected.
• The discussion sessions. They were lively and active
• The group exercise at the beginning of the event, and the game that was played was a great attention maintainer! Timing for each breakout sessions good.
• The interactive session in the morning.
• The last group discussion.
• The morning discussion session
• The morning session was very enjoyable and worthwhile. It got people talking and discussing important ethical issues.
• The opportunity to meet with various people and to see what they were doing with technology. It was also worthwile to discuss the perspectives people have on technology.
• The question game was a lot of fun and initiated good conversation.
• Transforming the Teaching of Writing from the Paper Page to the Web Page
• being able to expand my thinking; seeing what others have done and realizing that I could do a lot of it, too

About what other aspect of any technology seen today would you like more information?

• Alan's template.
• Creating forms, anything on Blackboard
• Digital imaging.
• Hand outs from presenters and access to websites the week following the event to refer back to session.
• I hope to be updated on Alan Levine's writing template discussed in the first workshop as it becomes available.
• I think that browser compatibility and ADA compliance should have warranted some discussion. There is so much technology available on the Web, but we need to make sure that the Web pages district-wide can be viewed by anyone. Content is what is most important. Additionally, I would have liked to listened to some information on District Web requirements, if any.
• I would like more sessions specifically on how to use multimedia for online classes. It would be especially nice to have a discussion on ways to incorporate it and ways to judge its usefulness.
• I'd like info. about ongoing projects to eliminate duplication of effort.
• Midas? Intercal? What ever name it is going by...I know that Dr. Gaskin and Dr. Bleed pointed out that our district needs to become more unified "looking" on the internet. I think that before the district makes a decision on which product to use, that we need to have a dialogue day about the different products. Do Blackboard, WebCT, Midas, etc. have any data about their products? Does everyone who attends these meetings know what each product looks like? Feels like? If, as a group, we were able to objectively (as possible) preview these products together, maybe we will be happier (less aggrevated) when the DO makes the decision on one product. Thanks for a nice day! I had fun, and the food was great!
• More info and discussions of ADA and Sec. 508. As a technologist I would like more definitive answers rather than the opinions that are prevalent now.
• More of the same--but the classroom was mostly "show" and not enough "tell". We saw some intriguing uses, but didn't get enough hard information about implementing these programs & techniques.
• More on forms and database interaction, hands on.
• More online assessment techniques.
• More updates on web-based productivity tools for class room activities
• Multimedia
• Not applicable
• PDAs and other technie stuff coming down the pike that looks promising for educational use
• Portals seem to be all the rage in higher education. It would be interesting to see what was going to be done by Maricopa--beyond MyMCC.
• audience responders
• e-business
• graphics creation / editing
• kbaq radio editor

What was the most useful or valuable part of the event?

• Again, the discussion sessions
• Being able to hear people's opinions about issues we don't agree on
• Being able to talk to others from different disciplines and campuses.
• Forms
• Hearing the differing points of view during the morning's event.
• I would like to use Alan's template.
• I've been "out of the loop" re some of the new software and hardware. It was good to catch up! Some of it actually looks easy enough to use in my limited time.
• Karen Russo's event was informative
• Meeting people, hearing from the "top Links", seeing the use of audience responders
• Once again, I would have to say the E-Business session was the most engaging. I also enjoyed the Video session; however, I already knew a lot of the information that was presented.
• Same as above
• Seeing what other faculty members are actually doing in their classrooms.
• Sharing Innovations
• Talking to colleagues about what they are doing and trying.
• The Engagement through Dialogue activity: it made you think about different aspects about the web that many people take for granted/didn't think about before.
• The afternoon sessions were more valuable to me since they provided more concrete applications of technology (for classroom uses).
• The break-out workshops for web assisted utilities
• The discussions elicited by the Strongest Link exercise.
• The morning exercises. Good group interaction. Although the technology was the centerpiece, the topics and ideas exchanged took over (probably by design :-))
• The networking and learning from peers.
• The online web temples for student web pages or portfolio's. The hands on experience of presentations.
• The sessions should have been the most useful and/or valuable; however, two of the three I attended were not prepared, the equipment did not work, and thus were not very informative. I recommend thorough testing prior to holding the sessions. For this reason, I've selected "Disagree" on some of the items above. Overall, I enjoyed WebDev 2001.
• The web form wizard presentation.
• To be used currently: the workshop on student portfolios. For the future: a writing template on the web.
• classroom sessions
• imovie demo. Shows how easy it is to use.
• realizing how much interest there is in technology in the district (I'm new); realizing that the range of people involved in technology-connected projects is wide

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