Day 18

Today we looked to the end of my internship as we discussed evaluation of the library program as well as collecting data regarding collaboration and student programming.  This is not something that is widely used in this school district.  WHile we complete a yearly survey for the state department of education, rarely do we conduct evaluations of our particular programs.  For the purposes of my internship requirements, we discussed ways to do this.  One easy way seems to be through a survey...specifically through Survey Monkey.  These can be easily shared, and information is collected and tallied for you.  Then analyzing results is easy.  As for evaluating collaborations and/or student projects, we decided that use of a rubric would be beneficial.  Both teachers and students can quickly evaluate the lesson upon completion.  The only drawback here is that data will have to be manually collected and calculated.  In the future, I plan to develop an online survey geared specifically toward my library program to be administered yearly.  Feedback from users is critical in developing a program that best benefits a community.