Self Assessment and Skills Survey

Please complete the following self-assessment form. Include as much detail as you can where appropriate. Your time now will help me to adapt the class to your needs, and support individuals and groups when completing their course projects.

Remember to fill in your name and e-mail address. 

Name:

Mason MEMO E-Mail Address:

Question 1: Why did you enroll in this class? What do you hope to gain from this class?

 

Question 2: As this class involves a lot of writing, identify both your main strengths as a writer and the areas where you hope to improve.

Question 3: Identify three of the most frequent activities you engage in on the Internet (i.e. searching for information, creating web content, playing games, discussion forums, newsgroups, etc.)

Question 4: Why does a class that involves studying the Internet and its impact on society appeal to you?

Question 5: What experience do you have in creating web sites and writing for the web?
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Question 6: What are your opinions of working in groups? What are your strengths as a group collaborator, and how would you like to improve? 

Question 7: What are your strengths as a thinker? What do you think you can/what do you want to contribute to this class?

Now please assess your own experience in a variety of areas relating to 
the manipulation of digital information

Questions 8: If you have experience in computer systems administration, please provide brief details:

Question 9: Assess your experience in web-page creation:

[ ] Extensive 
[ ] Moderate 
[ ] Little 
[ ] None 

Question 10: Assess your experience in the writing of HTML code:

[ ] Extensive 
[ ] Moderate 
[ ] Little 
[ ] None 

Question 11: Assess your experience in graphics creation and manipulation:

[ ] Extensive 
[ ] Moderate 
[ ] Little 
[ ] None 

Question 12: Assess your experience in multimedia and animation programming:

[ ] Extensive 
[ ] Moderate 
[ ] Little 
[ ] None 

Question 13: Assess your experience in programming (Basic, C+, Java, etc.):

[ ] Extensive 
[ ] Moderate 
[ ] Little 
[ ] None 

Question 14: Create a metaphor to describe your relationship to/feelings about technology: