A survey was administered to 426 students at ASHS regarding the school's media center. The survey included multiple choice, unlimited selection, and open response questions. It found that 38% of students visit the media center weekly, while 44% never visit. Most students visit because their teacher brings the class, and they use it for technology and comfortable work space. Suggestions for improving the media center included more technology like 3D printers, comfortable seating, and charging stations, as well as introducing a makerspace.
A survey was administered to 426 students at ASHS regarding the school's media center. The survey included multiple choice, unlimited selection, and open response questions. It found that 38% of students visit the media center weekly, while 44% never visit. Most students visit because their teacher brings the class, and they use it for technology and comfortable work space. Suggestions for improving the media center included more technology like 3D printers, comfortable seating, and charging stations, as well as introducing a makerspace.
A survey was administered to 426 students at ASHS regarding the school's media center. The survey included multiple choice, unlimited selection, and open response questions. It found that 38% of students visit the media center weekly, while 44% never visit. Most students visit because their teacher brings the class, and they use it for technology and comfortable work space. Suggestions for improving the media center included more technology like 3D printers, comfortable seating, and charging stations, as well as introducing a makerspace.
Group 1: Elma Daniel, Kelsey Kicklighter, Kristan Price, Jimi Waters
FRIT 7331 Key Assessment: Strategic Management Plan
KA Section VI General Summary of Results The survey was administered to 426 students at ASHS. The survey consisted of 10 multiple choice questions, 4 unlimited selection questions, and 3 open response questions. Roughly half of the student body participated in the survey: 41% were 10th graders, 34% were 11th graders, and 25% were 12th graders. Almost 70% of the students have access to a public library card. This survey revealed that 38% of the students visit the Media Center an average of once a week while 44% do not visit the media center at all. Only 17.9% of students visit more than once a week. Similarly, 17.4% of students say they visit the Media Center by their own choice. An overwhelming majority of students (82.6%) reported visiting the Media Center because their teacher takes their class there. Regarding their favorite reason for visiting the Media Center, 62% of students say they go to use technology or to have a comfortable place to do work. Just fewer than 10% of students go to check out books. Most students felt like the Media Center is a nice place to visit and that the Media Specialist is willing and able to help them, but perhaps the service is not always friendly. Nearly half of the students would visit the media center more if there was more technology available and 34.5% say we need a better selection of books. The need for more books and technology was confirmed in the open response questions. Of the makerspace technology and tools suggested in the survey, 3D printers and 3D pens garnered the interest of around half the students followed closely by Legos.
Group 1: Elma Daniel, Kelsey Kicklighter, Kristan Price, Jimi Waters
An average of 61% of the students indicated that they have never used the Media Center website, never used media center tools for research outside of school, and they do not know how to use GALILEO. Suggestions for Improvement The students indicated several ways the Media Center can be improved right way. They asked for more charging stations and relaxed policies concerning their mobile technology, more computers, comfortable seating options, and more books. The students would benefit from the introduction of some sort of makerspace. Also highly recommended, but not a viable option for change right now, was more space for students and classes to work. Luckily, we are building a new high school in a few years and the planning phase is underway. These suggestions need to be passed along to the architects. There clearly needs to be more emphasis placed on educating the students on the use of GALILEO and other web-based resources. It should be the goal of the Media Specialist to make sure the students see the Media Center as a place of learning.
Link to Results https://magic.piktochart.com/output/12220493-ka_section-vi_group-1_price Link to Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PB1hAh33BbAZxt9Uq8KHU6rK8FJ6BqBrguv 5oGRyAVA/viewform#responses