Surveys are a wonderful and functional tool that can tell teachers a lot about their students. I aspire to become a kindergarten teacher; my online surveys will specifically target parents for obvious reasons, but I plan to include paper surveys for students. Any form of data collection is valuable! For my students, I will probably survey their understanding of a new lesson before and after I teach it.
One topic I found particularly interesting while reading my classmates' blogs was their opinions about the blogs. One of my peers said he did not have difficulty coming up with things to talk about (as he had many strong opinions), and I often find myself struggling with content. Like him, I also found building blogs to be an interesting process; the viewers do not necessarily see or notice all the features that go into building an interactive, online space. Either way, these blogs have allowed me to feel not as remote in my learning experience.
I would like to look into making or finding platforms to make worksheets I could sell or offer to other teachers online. I am referring to the designs found for all subjects on sites like Teachers Pay Teachers that educators and parents (or students!) can access. I feel like I could sincerely help other teachers, and I could make some side money to invest in resources for my students. I will most likely have to look into design tutorials and software that is affordable as well as easy to use in order to achieve my goal.
I agree that surveys would be beneficial in class, they can provide anonymous feedback about material taught in class while also allowing students to ask questions without fear of being "laughed" at if they do not understand what other students find easy.
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