Web+2-0+Surveys

Web 2.0 Survey Information
There are a number of free web-based survey tools that you can use to gather information as an administrator or as a teacher. Some of the free tools are limited in the number of responses and/or the number of questions. Some have limitations in terms of downloading your data. But all are a good starting point. If you find one that works particularly well for you, the cost to subscribe is often minimal. As a teacher, surveys can be a good way to gather real life data that you can use to enhance lessons and provide meaningful information for students to manipulate or analyze. Listing of any survey tool does not constitute an endorsement of that tool.

[|Survey Monkey] -- a good survey tool. Free to use. Limits on the number of respondents. Some limitations on downloading data. Fairly inexpensive subscription rate. Lots of variations on the types of questions you can compose. Allows the use of contact lists to send out survey invitations if you need that function.

[|Survey Pirate] -- a good survey tool. Totally free. Not quite as robust as Survey Monkey but the lack of limitations may make up for that.

Google Forms -- Google Forms is part of the Google Docs suite of tools. Within the spreadsheet function you can design a form that will gather data in spreadsheet style from anyone who submits the form. While this tool will not provide automatic graphs, it does provide the data in raw form and would allow much easier manipulation and sorting of the data. Check out the links below for more information. [|Google Forms Introduction] [|Google Forms Introduction #2] [|Google Docs Tour]

Other Survey Tool Options: [|Zoomerang] [|FreeOnlineSurveys]