Thursday, May 28, 2009

I.O.U.S.A.: One Nation. Under Stress. In Debt.

I.O.U.S.A



By now, you may have heard about our acclaimed documentary I.O.U.S.A., a film that boldly examines the rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens.


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Friday, May 22, 2009

Creating Charts and Graphics---Tracking Media Use with Excel




be creative, innovate, take risks, unlearn to learn

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Monday, May 18, 2009

Teenage Survey Results

Teenage Survey

Summary


Do you plan to go to college?
Yes
36100%
No
00%

Do you expect to get a job right after high school?
Yes
2162%
No
1338%

Do you expect to get married?
Yes
2882%
No
618%

Do you plan to combine work or career and marriage?
Yes
1785%
No
315%

Do you plan to take time off work when your children are young?
Yes
1470%
No
630%

Do you plan to have children at all?
Yes
3291%
No
39%

Do you think we're doing enough to integrate schools and neighborhoods?
Yes
1238%
No
2063%

Do you think that politicians are dishonest
Yes
3194%
No
26%

Do you feel that you personally might, through politics or otherwise, try to improve conditions in this country?
Yes
935%
No
1765%

On average, how many hours a week do you spend watching TV?
15-20
1444%
25-50
1134%
Other
722%

Do you feel that violence on television influences you adversely?
Yes
618%
No
2782%

Any conflict between you and your parents about the amount or kind of programs you watch
Yes
27%
No
2693%

Do you feel that televison----
Benefits you more than it harms you?
2784%
Harms you more that iti benefits you?
516%

Do any of the females or males you know drink? Smoke?
Yes
2782%
No
618%

Do any of the females or males you know use drugs?
Yes
2368%
No
1132%

If they either use drugs or drink
Is it just occasionally at parties
1139%
To go along with the crowd
311%
They are really into it
1450%

Have any of the students in your school or neighborhood gotten into serious trouble with either drugs or drinks?
Yes
1763%
No
1037%

Do you do much dating?
Yes
1445%
No
1755%

Do you believe in going steady?
Yes
1755%
No
1445%

Do you go steady or have you gone steady?
Yes
1856%
No
1444%

Have you ever had a friend who sometines or often makes out?
Yes
2477%
No
723%

Have you ever had a friend who goes "all the way"?
Yes
2276%
No
724%

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Survey Results

Teenage Survey Results

Here is where you write your survey summary

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Tips for developing an effective survey questionnaire

Tips for developing an effective survey questionnaire
You can immediately start creating your questions, but it’s a good idea to give this some thought. There is a science to doing proper surveys. For tips on how to create simple, effective surveys, just google thetopic and you’llbe presented with a number of options. Here is one, for example: http://tools.devshed.com/c/a/How-To/Tips-for-developing-an-effective-survey-questionnaire/. The best advice is to keep it simple and short. If it’s too long or filled with complicated questions, your parents will simply ignore it.Once you have your questions in mind, start entering them into the form!
Once you’ve created all your questions, remember to edit your confirmation page. This is where you can thank parents for taking the time to fill out the survey. Go to the More Actions tab to edit the confirmation page.

It’s a good idea to send out the survey to test a group first to get some feedback.Sending out the survey is very easy. Click on the Email this form button and a window pops up with a field to paste in your recipients and a field for the subject. There is also an option to include the form in the email itself so your classmates don’t have to click on anything as the form will be right there embedded in the email!

Now here’s where it gets really cool! After sending out my survey, I immediately started getting responses. To check responses, click on See responses. You are presented with two options: Summary and Spreadsheet. The Summary page has some neat pie charts, graphs, and the total number of responses in big numbers:

The Spreadsheet option pulls up a Google spreadsheet with all the responses listed, complete with column headers. Another great feature about Google Docs is that you can share the results page with anyone, simply by click on the Share tab. Type or paste in the emails of those you want to view/edit the document and send it off. It really is that easy!

Here is an example of a summary survey: (NO Child Left Behind)
A Survey Summary on NCLB

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Friday, May 8, 2009

Asia Youth 2009

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A Great Idea

Collections Central Online

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Antennas and Digital Television

Broadcast TV stations in the U.S. are currently switching from analog to digital transmissions. This Fact Sheet provides information on TV antennas and tips for obtaining good quality reception of digital broadcasts.,

Federal Communications Commission

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