Survey - Virtual Economics CD-ROM

1. What grade level do you teach?

K-2
3-5
6-8
9-12
post-secondary
other

If you teach students at more than one of the grade levels indicated above, please select the one grade level that you teach the greatest number of students.

2. Have you used the Virtual Economics CD-ROM? Yes No (If your answer is No, please go to question 7.)

3. If you have used Virtual Economics, how often do you use it?

Frequently
Occasionally
Rarely

4. What method do you most often use to navigate through the Interactive Center?

Map
Gallery

5. Select the option that best describes your primary use of Virtual Economics.

I use it to find lessons that I print and use in my classroom.
I use the Gallery to refresh my understanding of economic concepts.
I use the Gallery with my students to introduce and/or refresh economic concepts.

6. How do you most often use the Resources on Virtual Economics?

I print and use them as a teacher resource.
I print and duplicate copies for students.
I read them on the screen.

7. Rank the current features of Virtual Economics according to the following scale with 1 being very poor and 5 being outstanding
			Very poor			Outstanding

		1	2	3	4	5
a.	The explanation of economic concepts in the Gallery
b.	The Resources in PDF format
c.	Ease of navigation
d.	Ease of searching publications
e.	Overall quality of Virtual Economics

8. Rank the following possible features on a new Virtual Economics CD-ROM and Web site according to the following scale with 1 being not important and 5 being very important.
			Not Important			Important

		1	2	3	4	5
a.	Multimedia descriptions and applications of economic concepts
b.	A comprehensive glossary of economic terms
c.	A library of all NCEE publications and lessons
d.	Lessons searchable by your state's economics standards
e.	Lessons searchable by national economics standards
f.	Lessons searchable by grade level
g.	Lessons searchable by economic concept or topic
h.	A list of names and addresses of NCEE state Councils and Centers
i.	Examples of K-12 scope and sequence patterns for economics

9. If you currently have lessons or use lessons that are correlated to content standards, which standards are they correlated to? (Select all that apply.)

National standards
State standards
District standards

10. What do you like about Virtual Economics?

11. What do you dislike about Virtual Economics?

12. What suggestions do you have for improving Virtual Economics? What features would you like to see that are not listed in question 6?

Thank you for completing this survey!


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You're being asked to complete this survey to provide some guidance as we work on the development of Virtual Economics 3.0. Be assured that your responses will be kept confidential and will be used for research and development purposes only. Participants who complete the survey on or before Friday, March 12, 2004, will be eligible to purchase one copy of the Virtual Economics 3.0 CD-ROM at a 50% discount.