I found Ozge Karaoglu's Blog entitled 100 Web Tools to Enhance Collaboration to be rather eye-opening. I had no idea there were so many web tools, programs, and applications available that could help the average person in a number of ways. This blog does an amazing job of allowing users the freedom to find these programs (via links) and explore all of the wonderful web tools out there for all to use.
I was asked to pick a web tool from Part 2 of the blog and after looking at a few, I found one to be particularly interesting called Survs: http://www.survs.com/. According to the website, Survs function is to "let you create, distribute, and analyze online surveys and questionnaires with a friendly interface, and powerful features. Survs gives you everything you need to gather feedback." Users of the website rave about the easy-to-use features and attention to details.
I am a firm believer that having research (that includes statistics, facts, percentages, surveys, etc.) to back up your points/opinions/beliefs is vital in our profession of teaching. Certain pieces of information can really get through to students when the students hear facts based off of quality research. Surveys are a great way to poll students in a number of areas and gain valuable feedback from them. Everyday you see different surveys in the newspaper that poll various people in order for others to voice their opinions, make a decision, or just to see what is important. Just recently in one of my health classes, we completed an Organ Donation Unit. I really wanted to know what the students thought before/after videos they saw and information that was presented to them. I had them take a survey, and shared the results with the whole class. Students were involved and this stimulated class discussions. I wish I knew about Survs beforehand as I could have created a better survey to engage my students. In the future, I will definitely look into using Survs to create surveys, and analyze information in a more organized and effective matter.
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