Do you like Social Media?

[Sara]

Questions for Social Media and Education

1. Please specify your gender
a. male
b. female
.
2. Please specify your age:
a. 10-11
b. 12-13
c. 14-15
d. 16-17
e. 18-21
f. 22-25
g. 26-29
h. 30-34
i. 35-39
j. 40-44
k. 45-49
l. 50-55
m. more than 56 years

3. What is your race / ethnicity? Please select all that apply
a. American Indian or Native Alaskan
b. Asian

c. Black or African American

d. Hispanic or Latino

e. Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander




4. Do you use social media for school or professional?
a. Yes
b. no

c. n/a


5. Which other social media technologies do you use? Please check all that apply.
a. Twitter
b. Blogs (that you author or contribute to - WordPress, TypePad, Blogger, etc.)
c. Social bookmarking (Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, etc.)
d. Social media sharing (Flickr, YouTube, SmugMug, etc.)
e. Livecasting (Stickam, Justin.tv, etc.)
f. Social aggregators (FriendFeed, Posterous, etc.)
g. Wikis
h. Virtual Worlds (SecondLife, WOW, The Sims Online, etc.)
i. Online gaming (FullTilt Poker, PS3 Multiplayer, Kongregate, etc.)
j. Other

6. How many hours do you spend online each week?
a. 0-5 hours
b. 6-10 hours
c. 11-15 hours
d. 16-20 hours
f. 21-25 hours
g. 26-30 hours
h. 31-35 hours
i. 36-40 hours
j. More than 41 hours


7. Please select all social networks for which you have created a personal profile
 Please select all that apply.
a. Facebook
b. MySpace
c. LinkedIn
d. Ning
e. Other

8. How many hours do you spend on social networks each week?
a. 0-5 hours
b. 6-10 hours
c. 11-15 hours
d. 16-20 hours
e. 21-25 hours
f. 26-30 hours
g. 31-35 hours
h. 36-40 hours
i. More than 41 hours


9. How do you normally access your Social Media Network?
Please select all that apply.
A. Personal computer
B. Work computer
C. Personal Mobile Device
D. Other

10. Why do you use an online social network? Select all answers that apply.
 Please select all that apply.
a. To keep in touch with friends and family.
b. To meet new people.
c. To make professional / business contacts or school contacts
d. To share photos, videos, and music.
e. To play games.
f. To discover new music, books, films, and other entertainment.
g. To find information and share feedback about brands and products.
h. To promote a business or cause.


11. For students do you have any teachers that you feel you would like to add on Facebook?

a. Yes, there are some teachers I really connect with and I would like to communicate with them outside of school
B. No, I like to keep my school life and home life separate, teachers included.

C. n/a


12. Would you benefit from having a teacher has your friend- with homework worries, perhaps
your home life is hard and you need some support from a trusting teacher?

A. Yes I totally agree, having my teacher so easy to contact would make it easier with work
and emotional struggles I face
B. No, I would just wait until I got back into the school
C. n/a

13. Do you think that adding teachers on Facebook would be a breech of the trust, or professional position they are in?

a. No, I feel that it would be a great benefit, their just people like us, just are teachers for their job
b. Yes, I think they are in an authoritarian position, in trust and professionalism, and should keep a strong gap between home and school.


14. Should social networking sites, such as Facebook and Myspace, be allowed in K-12 classrooms
Please select all that apply.
a. No, never. Social networking has no place in the classroom
b. Maybe, if concerns are adequately addressed
c. Possibly, if the community and administration support it
d. Probabably, depending on the curriculum and/or projects it relates with
e. Absolutely, the benefits have yet to be completely discovered

15. As a parent or student would you want to receive posting of school alerts, announcements, backpack notices, homework, etc. through all major communication platforms (web, email, text mesage, Facebook, Twitter, iPhone, Blackberry, Android, RSS, and more.)
a. yes
b. no


16. Has social media ever affected your emotions?
a. yes
b. no
If you answered "yes" how has it affected you? please choose all that apply
a. sad
b. happy
c. hurt


17. Have you ever heard of cyber bullying?
a. yes
b. no

18. Do you feel social networking has increased cyber bullying?
a. yes
b. no


19. Have you ever been cyber bullying?
a. yes
b. no

20. Who do you think is more likely to be affected by social networking technology?
a. male
b. female

[Matthew Hopkins]

No.

[skate]

1. male
.
2. 22 - 25

3. Asia

4. Yes

5. a. Twitter
b. Blogs (that you author or contribute to - WordPress, TypePad, Blogger, etc.)
c. Social bookmarking (Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, etc.)
d. Social media sharing (Flickr, YouTube, SmugMug, etc.)


6. 26-30 hours

7. Facebook

8. 16-20 hours

9. Personal computer

10. a. To keep in touch with friends and family.
b. To meet new people.
c. To make professional / business contacts or school contacts


11. n/a


12. n/a

13. Yes, I think they are in an authoritarian position, in trust and professionalism, and should keep a strong gap between home and school.


14. No, never. Social networking has no place in the classroom

15. no


16. yes,
happy


17. no

18. no

19. no

20. male and female