Blogosphere+Survey

1. May we associate your name / blog URL with your responses or would you rather stay anonymous? [if you leave this blank, I will assume your answer is NO] - Yes, feel free to associate me with my survey responses [note: if you check this, I will publish your name / blog URL (if you give it to me!) along with your survey answers] - No, you may use my responses but I'd rather remain anonymous

2. How much time per week do you spend blogging (in minutes)?

3. Do you blog as part of your job? - Yes - No

4. Which audience(s) does your blog primarily target? (check all that apply) - No one except myself - Teachers - Administrators - Technology coordinators / integrationists - Librarians / media specialists - Parents - Students - Policymakers - Other (please specify) 5. What are the primary reasons you blog? (please select up to THREE (3)) - Personal learning / growth (new information, new perspectives, learning network) - Community / connection / interaction (conversation, discussion, new friends, peer group, support) - A voice / audience / chance to share (expressing ideas, someone is listening, reaching a wider audience) - The chance to think (thinking through ideas, reflection, rumination) - The opportunity to hear back (testing ideas, feedback, validation) - Keeps me current / up-to-date (new tools and resources, discovery, staying fresh) - Capturing ideas / resources for later (summarizing, organizing, creating a record, documenting, archiving) - Sense of helping others (contributing value, greater good, mentoring) - It's rewarding / gratifying (receive praise, self-satisfaction, feeling of accomplishment) - Chance to try things out (experiment, explore, try things) - Other - Anything you want to tell us here? 6. What's the most difficult thing for you about blogging? (please select up to THREE (3)) - My employer (filtering, blocking, lack of tools, no access, roadblocks) - Need to be careful / safe (concern about anonymity and appropriateness of posts, worried about retribution) - Doubt / uncertainty (lack of confidence in your own contribution, not sure you have value to lend to blogosphere) - Mechanics (grammar, spelling, uploading, RSS, technical aspects of blogging) - Low participation (low membership / no readership / little feedback) - Purpose (unsure about reason for blog, trying to figure out intent, deciding when/what to post) - Lack of time to read (to foster new ideas for posts) - Finding fresh content (new ideas to write about, writer's block) - Lack of time to write (busy schedule, difficult to find time to post) - Other - Anything you want to tell us here? 7. In 2007, approximately how many educators did you influence... - to begin reading blogs? - to begin blogging themselves?

8. What percentage of people in your organization do you think actively read and/or write for blogs?

9. If you know and are willing to share... (please note this is for analytical purposes only; I am not trying to make anyone feel good or bad; I think the numbers are going to tell us something important) - what is your Technorati authority? - what is your Technorati rank? - what is your number of Technorati blog reactions? - how many subscribers do you have? - how many site visitors do you have per day (on average)?

10. Do you have advertisements on your blog? - Yes - No

11. How many feeds are in your aggregator? 12. What is the complete URL of... (please make sure http: is in front of each web address) - your favorite post ever on your own blog? - your favorite post ever on someone else's blog? - your favorite education web site? - your favorite technology tool (besides your blog)? 13. What is the complete URL of a blog, education-related or otherwise, that you think deserves a bigger audience? (please make sure http: is in front of the web address)

14. What's your primary vocation? - Administrator - Consultant - Policymaker - Professor - Librarian / media specialist - Technology coordinator / integrationist - Parent - Student - Teacher - Other (please specify)

15. PLEASE SKIP THIS QUESTION IF IT DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU. At what level do you work? (check all that apply) - Early Childhood / Pre-K - Elementary - Middle School / Junior High - Secondary - Postsecondary - Other (please specify) 16. PLEASE SKIP THIS QUESTION IF IT DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU. In what areas do you teach? (check all that apply) - ELL / ESL / Bilingual Education - English / Language Arts - Fine Arts (music, art, dance, etc.) - Health / Physical Education - Mathematics - Science - Social Studies - Special Education - Technical arts (agriculture, business, industrial arts, technology, home economics) 17. Where are you located? (I'll map this!) - City: - State: - ZIP/Postal Code: - Country:

18. What is your gender? - Male - Female 19. What is your race/ethnicity? (check all that apply) American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Black or African American Hispanic or Latino Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White 20. How old are you? - 1 to 9 - 10 to 19 - 20 to 29 - 30 to 39 - 40 to 49 - 50 to 59 - 60 to 69 - 70 or older

21. Participant info - Your name - Blog address (please include http:// in address) - Blog title

22. Which of these education technology conferences will you attend in 2008? (check all that apply) - CoSN (Mar 9-12) - FETC (Jan 22-25) - ISTE (Jun 29-Jul 2) - NSBA T+L (Oct 28-30) - TCEA (Feb 4-8) - The ed tech conference for your state (or country)

23. Would you like to receive (and be included in) a list of other edubloggers that are attending one of the conferences listed in the previous question (e.g., do you want to be on the list of bloggers attending ISTE)? - Yes - No

24. IF YOU SAID YES TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION, please enter your e-mail address.

25. Anything else you want to share about being an educational blogger?