The questions were always terrible - but this year it would actually have been helpful for teachers to have a survey where we could have shared what we've been doing and what our tech needs are. BECAUSE WE HAVE TECH NEEDS RIGHT NOW, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ASK.
https://twitter.com/plainy/status/1328340522960908288
Even in a normal year, the current questions are all *at* us - assumes tech is pedagogically good for everything, demands to know if we're doing it *enough*. More useful: ask us what is working, what's helpful, what's not working.
Instead, the district keeps spending money on programs that *do not work* the way that they're implementing them (hi, Edgenuity) and enforcing them hard.
Needs are different in middle/high/elementary, but I can tell you right now that every campus needs better wifi, the Chromebooks are unreliable and break easily, and every teacher needed a second monitor months ago. All the kids need headphones.
Also, many questions presuppose that the reason a teacher doesn't use X tech is out of ignorance, but often it's because *it doesn't work*. So: ask. Does the hardware in your room work reliably? Does the kids'? For software - two levels - does it work well, and is it effective?
Just to use video software as an example - we all use it these days. But the features and reliability aren't the same across platforms. Teachers didn't stop using zoom in the spring bc they didn't know how to use it, but because poor security invited Zoom bombing.
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