This past week, I explored motivations. Reading about students who ask questions, engage in discussions and excel in the classroom inspired me to ask my family and friends what motivates them. Here's the SparkNotes for these conversations:
Why does my mom purposefully run marathons? To prove she can accomplish the whatever she puts her heart to.
Why is my colleague moving to Michigan? Better housing market.
Why does roommate to keep the house clean? To relieve stress.
Why did my teammate switch to an online school? To ensure her safety.
These answers inspired me to ponder similar qualities I would potentially use to work toward my Wicked Problem: How can teachers and students both be motivated to effectively utilize technology to enhance instruction and the classroom experience? Their answers commonly shared a "what's-going-to-help-me-now" mentality with an intrinsic motivation.
With this in mind, I created and shared a final survey in hope to better understand my colleagues' motivations toward technology integration. Let me back up, when I say final survey, don't be fooled. This simple survey took multiple drafts, numerous revisions, and a few generous peer editors. Why? This survey is intended to help me work towards answering my Wicked Problem.
If you're a current educator (or know a teacher and can forward this on!), please feel free to share your experience and participate in my survey!
To do this, I created a Google Form (a platform I am very familiar with) to conduct and share my survey. My Market Research Methods (2020) suggests grouping questions into categories to help participants remain engaged on focused. Therefore, I used the sectioning feature on Google Forms to group my questions in 3 categories: 1) Student Motivation, 2) Teacher Motivation, and 3) Technology Experience. Learning about my colleague's needs and motivations, as well as their experience with student motivation, will help me learn how to support all stakeholders toward effectively enhancing instruction to increase student engagement.
References:
Market Research Guy. (2020, July 7). Survey Design Best Practices: How to Write a Good Questionnaire.
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