Please answer the questions below. We estimate this will take about 20 minutes of your time. Believe us, it's worth it for you to take this time to demonstrate that you are ready for WIT Advanced! The knowledge and skills introduced there will challenge you, and we want you to be ready.

When you are finished, please click the SEND button at the bottom of this page. If you want to start over, click the Clear Form button.

Enter your last name: 

Enter your first name: 

Please describe your profession (choose one): 

Choose one:  K-3 Teacher 4-8 Teacher 9-12 Teacher School Librarian and /or Media Specialist  Technology Coordinator Curriculum Specialist School or District Administrator  Web Designers  Educator in Non-School Settings (such as museums)  Other 
 

Describe a learning experience you recently created for students or learners:

Which platform is more familiar to you? 
Macintosh
Windows 
Either (doesn't matter which one I use)
 

Enter your email address: 
 

How often do you sit down to send and receive emails?:
Less than once a week
1 - 2 times weekly
3 - 5 times weekly 
daily 

Please rate your familiarity and experience with the following software:

Software	No use	Little use	Some use	Extensive use
Netscape Composer (web page editor)
Microsoft FrontPage (web site editor)
Macromedia Dreamweaver (web site editor)
Adobe Photoshop (image editor)

 

Please rank in order of importance your interest in the following topics. (Simply by typing numerical values, the number 1 representing highest importance and 6 the least important.):

	Create lists of bookmarks and on-line lists of links
	Use advanced software tools to plan, design, and implement a Web site
	Build a Web-based project that can support a sustained process of learning for your students
	Use advanced graphics editors to modify or create images
	Include simple sounds and video on a Web page
	Teach others how to use the Web to support teaching and learning

Please rank your skill level in the topics listed below:

 Utilizing an Internet search engine in order to obtain desired information:
  skilled
  somewhat skilled
  not skilled

Choosing an effective Internet search engine for the task at hand:
  skilled
  somewhat skilled
  not skilled

Evaluating Internet-based resources and instructional materials in terms of their likely effectiveness for specific purposes:
  skilled
  somewhat skilled
  not skilled

Enter the URL (address) of a web site that you find particulalry useful in your work (teachers, for example, may choose to enter a site that is referenced frequently for lesson plans, or that is somehow useful in teaching students; administrators may choose to enter sites that promote the integration of technology into learning).

Explain why the above site is useful:

Please answer the following questions using your favorite online search engine. Please enter your responses in the text boxes provided.

Find the Chicago Tribune daily weather site (with weather reports from Tom Skillings). Enter the URL of the web site below:

Find the web site for the Illinois State Board of Education. Enter the URL of the web site below:

 

Find George W. Bush's birthdate. Enter it here:

Given the opportunity to develop a web site in any area related to your work, think of a topic you would like to consider. (Please note that you are in no way required to pursue this topic once WIT begins.) What is the topic?

Find a web site that relates to this topic and put the URL here:

Based on your experience filling out this form, do you feel you are ready for "Creating a Curriculum Web?
Yes, definitely.
Probably. But I'm ready for the challenge.
I honestly don't know.
Maybe not. I might be better placed in "Using the Web in the Classroom."
Definitely not. Please consider me for "Using the Web in the Classroom" instead.

Anything you would like to add?