Survey on digital literacy for Seattle community technology programs

Washington's Community Technology Opportunity Program provides an opportunity for community technology centers to focus on providing digital literacy training to the communities they serve. To enhance this statewide program, Reclaim the Media is working on a digital media literacy curriculum and training program with local community technology centers like yours in mind.

We've been most interested in how the web can enhance community action and civic engagement through citizen media production and social media, equipping people with everyday skills for using the web and aiding them in creating meaningful change in their communities. That's we're looking to engage community technology center staff in a conversation about what this curriculum should look like. We want to make sure we're responding to actual community needs, so your advice is pivotal in creating effective materials.

We'll be contacting CTCs individually, but if you don't have time for that, we hope you would be willing to participate in this brief (ten minute) survey about who uses your facilities, what they use them for, and what types of training would enhance training programs you already have in place. Thank you for your support.

1. Name of community technology center: *

2. Location :

3. Name and title of staff member completing survey: *

4. CTC's primary contact person, if not the same as above:

5. What types of training do you provide at your CTC?: *

	yes, we do this	no, but we'd like to	no
Basic computer skills
Basic web skills
Social media (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc.)
Media production (digital photography, video, etc.)
Blogging, writing for the web
Web-based civic engagement and community organizing

6. Please describe the communities you serve and the demographic makeup of your client base (i.e. gender, age, race, etc.):

7. How many computers do you provide at your CTC?: *

8. What other types of equipment does your CTC provide clients to use or borrow?: *

Please check all that apply.

9. Do you provide open hours (unstructured time outside of classes or trainings) for clients to use your computers or equipment?: *

Yes

10. Approximately how many hours a week do you provide open hours?:

Go ahead and leave this blank if you answered "no" above.

11. During open hours, what do clients use your computers for? (answer as best you can): *

12. If possible, can you estimate how many of your clients...: *

	Most	Some	A few	None	I'm not sure
...have computers at home?
...use cell phones to access the internet?
...have access to video cameras at home or outside of the CTC?

13. If you provide training in any of the following areas, can you rate trainees' general level of skill on the following items upon entry into your training programs? (1 being novice, 5 being very knowledgeable):

	1	2	3	4	5	varies too greatly to rate	not applicable
Basic computer skills
Basic web skills
Media production (digital photography, video, etc.)
Social media (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc.)
Blogging or writing for the web
Web-based civic engagement or community organizing

14. If you provide training in any of the following areas, can you rate trainees' general level of skill on the following items upon completing your training programs? (1 being novice, 5 being very knowledgeable):

	1	2	3	4	5	varies too greatly to rate	not applicable
Basic computer skills
Basic web skills
Media production (digital photography, video, etc.)
Social media (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc.)
Blogging, writing for the web
Web-based civic engagement and community organizing

15. Would your CTC be interested in using Reclaim the Media's digital media literacy curriculum focused on using social media tools and digital media production for civic engagement and community organizing?: *

16. What components of such a curriculum would you be most interested in teaching or learning? Please select three.:

Media literacy (understanding and deconstructing media messages)

Understanding the public's relationship to the media

Media production (creating video, audio, photos, etc.)

Outreach or getting a message out via the web

17. If you would be interested in this curriculum, how would you be most likely to make use of it?:

I would like to have access to a printed curriculum

I would like our staff to attend a workshop based around this curriculum

I would like to have outside trainers come to our CTC to train staff

18. Would your CTC have the budget to pay for printed curriculum materials, for outside trainers, or to provide this kind of training to your staff?:

Yes

19. Do you have any other ideas for what a training on digital media should include?:

Math Question: * 1 + 8 =

Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.

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Survey on digital literacy for Seattle community technology programs