In October, Urban Dreams
provided basic computer training to over 125 parents and students who received
a free computer through a cooperative arrangement with the Marcus Foster
Institute and the Oakland Unified School District. Below are the preliminary findings from those surveys.
Table 1 provides an overview
of the participation rates by school, location and date of training from those
participants who completed a Workshop Evaluation Form.
|
School Name |
Instructor |
Date |
Number |
Valid Percent |
|
Oakland Tech |
Instructor 1 |
10/09 |
14 |
10.9 |
|
Oakland Tech |
Instructor 2 |
10/10 |
10 |
7.8 |
|
Oakland Tech |
Instructor 3 |
10/16 |
4 |
3.1 |
|
Oakland Tech |
Instructor 4 |
10/17 |
20 |
15.5 |
|
Oakland High |
Instructor 5 |
10/22 |
12 |
9.3 |
|
McClymonds |
Instructor 6 |
10/26 |
12 |
9.3 |
|
Oakland Tech |
Instructor 7 |
10/26 |
32 |
24.8 |
|
Oakland High |
Instructor 8 |
10/29 |
25 |
19.4 |
|
Total |
|
|
129 |
100.0 |
The evaluation form consists of two
sections. The first section contains
four questions pertaining to the quality of training. Section 2 consists of one
open-ended question.
|
Date of Training |
10-09-02 |
10-10-02 |
10-16-02 |
10-17-02 |
10-22-02 |
10-26-02 |
10-26-02 |
10-29-02 |
Total
|
|
Agree |
7 |
8 |
3 |
17 |
9 |
8 |
27 |
21 |
100 |
|
Kind of Agree |
7 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
27 |
|
Kind of Disagree |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Disagree |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
14 |
10 |
4 |
20 |
12 |
12 |
32 |
25 |
129 |
Table
3: Question Two: The workshop activities were valuable.
N=129
|
Date of Training |
10-09-02 |
10-10-02 |
10-16-02 |
10-17-02 |
10-22-02 |
10-26-02 |
10-26-02 |
10-29-02 |
Total
|
|
Agree |
10 |
10 |
4 |
18 |
4 |
10 |
27 |
20 |
103 |
|
Kind of Agree |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
24 |
|
Kind of Disagree |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Disagree |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
14 |
10 |
4 |
20 |
12 |
12 |
32 |
25 |
129 |
Table
4: Question Three: The instructor did a good job of presenting the information.
N=129
|
Date of Training |
10-09-02 |
10-10-02 |
10-16-02 |
10-17-02 |
10-22-02 |
10-26-02 |
10-26-02 |
10-29-02 |
Total
|
|
Agree |
11 |
10 |
4 |
19 |
7 |
10 |
29 |
24 |
114 |
|
Kind of Agree |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
11 |
|
Kind of Disagree |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Disagree< |