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Show source, editing and re-purposing. How realistic is it that students tinker with their Sugar software? How important? What are the benefits? What are the obstacles? How can easy pathways and bridges be supplied?
 
Show source, editing and re-purposing. How realistic is it that students tinker with their Sugar software? How important? What are the benefits? What are the obstacles? How can easy pathways and bridges be supplied?
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==Please add your questions for teachers here==
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==Survey on Instructional strategies using “Sugar” learning platform==
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jt4sugar: Ask the teachers in Uraguay to tell us how they would get other teachers involved
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===Consent===
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You are being asked to participate in a research study conducted by Walter Bender from the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). The purpose of the study is to get feedback from teachers who have been using the Sugar learning platform—the software that runs on the OLPC-XO-1 laptop. You were selected as a potential participant in this study because you have been using Sugar as part of Project Ceibal in Uruguay. You should read the information below before deciding whether or not to participate in the survey.
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Your participation in this survey is voluntary. We expect that the survey will take about 15 minutes, however you have the right not to answer any question and to stop participating in the survey at any time and for any reason.
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You will not be compensated for participating in this survey.
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In questions, we should try to separate the concepts of
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The information you tell us will remain anonymous and confidential. Only aggregate results will be published.
* access to computers, 
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Please contact Walter Bender (walter -AT- media.mit.edu) with any questions or concerns.  
* electronic content,
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* the specific features of the XO hardware,
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* the operating system Sugar,
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* the Activities, and  
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* internet access.
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Thoughts on the OLPC five core principles—
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If you feel you have been treated unfairly, or you have questions regarding your rights as a research subject, you may contact the Chairman of the Committee on the Use of Humans as Experimental Subjects, M.I.T., Room E25-143b, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, phone 1-617-253-6787.  
* Child Ownership,  
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* Low Ages,  
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* Saturation,  
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* Connection, and
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* Free and Open Source.  
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How important are they in the context of your community?
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The OLPC can be customised for the local language. How far has this proceeded? How important is it? What are the problems? What are the perspectives of different stakeholder groups? (In South America, to what extent has Spanish displaced local language?)
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===Background===
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Sugar is the software used on the OLPC-XO-1 laptop computers deployed as part of Project Ceibal. Teachers, students, and engineers are using, testing, and improving Sugar. With your help—sharing your successes, problems, and suggestions—we can create a better learning experience for all children.
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How can ICT in general and Sugar in particular be appropriated to meet local needs? Are there any anecdotes of appropriation?
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How long have you been teaching? (years, numeric input)
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How might ICT education in general and Sugar in particular change relationships between people in your country, for example gender access to technology, relationships between children and adults, urban and village? How might kinship relationships be enhanced or weakened?
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Do you teach in an urban, suburban, or rural school?  
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See also http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Oceania/Evaluation <br>
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How familiar were you using computers before your participation in Project Ceibal? (unfamiliar 12345 very familiar)
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Was you prior experience with computers on (check one or more boxes)
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* Windows
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* Apple
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* Linux
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Had you ever used a computer in your classroom before Project Ceibal? (yes/no)
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We should get feedback on the Journal, View Source, Browse and Collaboration...
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How comfortable are you using computers in your classroom? (uncomfortable 12345 very comfortable)
 
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We need to state up front that participation is voluntary and anonymous and that they can stop at any time. If they have complaints, they can contact the ombudsman.
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Learners access to computers is important because they need to learn how to use programs such as word processors to participate in a technological world. (disagree 12345 agree)
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For a self administered test can have 10-20 questions maximum? For a conference with 600 teachers with OLPC experience could we ask more questions of a smaller group?
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As a result of Project Ceibal I now believe this (less 12345 more)
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Select questions from the list below, need to cut back to a much much smaller number:<br>
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Learners access to computers is important because computers can be a tool to think with, they facilitate problem solving, open-ended discovery, and deep thinking. (disagree 12345 agree)
(when drafting questions consider carefully whether to say OLPC program OLPC, XO, OLPC software, XO software Sugar etc)
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: I think we should explain that Sugar is the software (including Activities)that runs on the XO computer and that we are asking for feedback on Sugar.
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As a result of my participation in Project Ceibal I now believe this (less 12345 more)
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What year level do you mainly teach?  P, 1, 2 ....12, other
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It is important that computers provide an easy entry for first-time users. (disagree 12345 agree)
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Learners access to computers is important because computers can be a tool to think with, they facilitate problem solving and deep thinking. disagree 12345 agree
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As a result of Project Ceibal I now believe this (less 12345 more)
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As a result of OLPC I now believe this less 12345 more
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It is important that computers support more complicated tasks as a users competence grows. (disagree 12345 agree)
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Learners access to computers is important because they need to learn how to use programs such as word processors to participate in a technological world (disagree 12345 agree)
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As a result of Project Ceibal I now believe this (less 12345 more)
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As a result of OLPC I now believe this less 12345 more
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===Sugar Activities===
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Sugar Activities are computer programs that have been created for or adopted to the Sugar environment, such as Read, Write, Browse, and Paint.
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// these questions or similar evaluate the teacher's position on instructivism/constructivism for correlation with other responses
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My students' three favorite Sugar Activities are?
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It is important that computers provide an easy entry for first time users (disagree 12345 agree)
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The three most important Sugar Activities for learning are?
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As a result of OLPC I now believe this less 12345 more
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A Sugar Activity that needs improving is?
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It is important that computers support more complicated tasks  as a users competence grows (disagree 12345 agree)
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Did you know that there are more than 200 Sugar Activities available? (yes/no)
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As a result of OLPC I now believe this less 12345 more
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===Sugar Collaboration===
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One feature of Sugar is that it enables students to collaborate; examples of Sugar collaboration include peer editing in Write and sharing bookmarks in Browse.
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// these questions or similar evaluate the teacher's position on low entry/high ceiling for correlation with other responses, relevant to Journal and show source
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Do your students use the collaboration features in Sugar? (never 12345 at least once per day)
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My students' 3 favourite Activities are? # since it will be in Spanish, we don't need to quibble about British vs US spelling :)
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Do you ever  use the collaboration features to work with your students? (never 12345 at least once per day)
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The 3 best learning Activities are?
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Do you ever  use the collaboration features to work with other teachers? (never 12345 at least once per day)
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Is Sugar collaboration an important learning feature? (not important 12345 very important)
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The 1 Activity that is missing from Sugar is?
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Are there Activities that you wish would support collaboration?
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The 1 Activity that needs the most improvement is?
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===Sugar Journal===
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Another feature of Sugar is that it maintains a journal (or diary) of the student's work.
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Do your students use the Journal? (never 12345 at least once per day)
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How satisfied have your students been with the XO? 12345
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Do they use the description field in the Journal to make notes about their work? (never 12345 every time they use an Activity)
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How satisfied have you been with the XO? 12345
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Do they use the title field in the Journal to change the title of the entry? (never 12345 every time they use an Activity)
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How satisfied have parents and the community been with the XO? 12345
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How often do you look at your student's Journal? (never 12345 at least once per week)
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The XO would be better if it ran Microsoft Windows? 12345
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How often do you look at your student's parents look at the Journal? (never 12345 at least once per week)
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Rate the importance of  (unimportant 12345 important)
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===Sugar View Source===
* Child Ownership,  
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Sugar is free and open-source software, designed to be modified by the user.
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* Connection, and
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* Free and Open Source
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How important are:<br>
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Have you ever looked at any of the Sugar software? (never 12345 many times)
Have your students used:<br>
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* Journal,
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* View Source, and
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* Collaboration
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The XO has resulted in (disagree 12345 agree)(from [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Oceania/Evaluation link]) <br>
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Have your students ever looked at any of the Sugar software? (never 12345 many times)
0.Reduced absenteeism <br>
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1.Greater engagement by children <br>
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2.Empowerment of teachers <br>
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3.Increased esteem of teachers <br>
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4.Reduced need of discipline <br>
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5.Less disruption by students <br>
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6.Increase in self esteem by students <br>
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7.Increased “connection” with the world (other cultures, languages, ideas) <br>
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8.Increased involvement by parents <br>
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9.School becomes the centre of the community <br>
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10.Development of a sharing culture (child to child, school to community, teacher to parent) <br>
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11.Better results than with Computer Labs <br>
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Are there things you'd like to change about Sugar or a Sugar Activity? (yes/no)
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And a few final questions about you:
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Have you every tried to modify an Activity or Sugar itself? (yes/no)
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How long have you been teaching? (years, numeric input)
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If yes, was the experience (check all that apply): frustrating; satisfying; an opportunity for learning; other
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Do you teach in an urban, suburban, or rural school?
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If no, is it because (check all that apply): you don't know how to program; you don't have time to program; it is too difficult to learn; it is someone else's responsibility; you didn't know it was possible; it is good to know the opportunity is there even if I haven't exploited it; other
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How comfortable were you using computers before you first used Sugar? (uncomfortable 12345 very comfortable)
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===Overall===
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How satisfied have your students been with Sugar? (very unsatisfied 12345 very satisfied)
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Was you prior experience with computers on (check one or more boxes)
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How satisfied have you been with Sugar? (very unsatisfied 12345 very satisfied)  
* Windows,
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* Apple, or
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* Linux?
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Had you ever used a computer in your classroom before using Sugar? (yes/no)
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How satisfied have parents and the community been with Sugar? (very unsatisfied 12345 very satisfied)
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How comfortable are you using computers in your classroom? (uncomfortable 12345 very comfortable)
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The Project Ceibal has resulted in (disagree 12345 agree)
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# Reduced absenteeism
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# Greater engagement by children
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# Empowerment of teachers
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# Increased esteem of teachers
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# Reduced need of discipline
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# Less disruption by students
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# Increase in self esteem by students
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# Increased “connection” with the world (other cultures, languages, ideas)
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# Increased involvement by parents
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# School becomes the center of the community
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# Development of a sharing culture (child to child, school to community, teacher to parent)  
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# Better results than with computers in the classroom
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===Follow up===
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Would you be willing to participate in a more detailed, follow up survey? (yes/no)
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Would you be willing to participate in a more detailed, follow up survey? (yes/no)
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Would you be willing to participate in an on-line forum with other teachers to share ideas about Sugar? (yes/no)  
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Would you be willing to participate in an on-line forum with other teachers to share ideas about Sugar? (yes/no)
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Would you be willing to participate in an on-line forum with software developers to share ideas about Sugar? (yes/no)  
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Would you be willing to participate in an on-line forum with software developers to share ideas about Sugar? (yes/no)
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What on-line forums do you use, if any? (chat, irc, blog, wiki, email, twitter, Facebook, ning, discussion forum) Other? (check one or more boxes)  
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If you answered yes to any of Questions X,Y, or Z, please contact...
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Would you be willing to engage in a discussion with other teachers in an on-line forum? (yes/no)
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If yes, which of the forums would be most apt for such a discussion (check one or more boxes)
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What on-line forums do you use, if any? (chat, irc, blog, wiki, email, twitter, Facebook, ning, discussion forum) Other? (check one or more boxes)
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Do you have additional ideas about how to get more teachers involved?
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Individual responses to this survey will remain confidential but aggregate responses will be published. By participating in this survey, you agree to Sugarlabs aggregating responses and publishing aggregated data.