Video Placement Worldwide - Your Opinion Counts


	Your Opinion Counts...

Please take a few moments to share your thoughts with us. It will take only about 3 minutes.
You won't have to type an envelope or lick a stamp, and you definitely will have your say!

Dear Educator:

We at Video Placement Worldwide are working to provide you with the best FREE sponsored programs available, designed to make the learning experience more exciting and meaningful for your students. The best way for us to do that is to be able to share your opinions with the corporations, associations, and information agencies that develop these materials.

Please take just a few minutes to complete the following educator survey. When you're finished, click on the "Here's My Opinion" button and your opinion will definitely count.

1. Do you use sponsored materials in your classroom?

Yes
No

(These are videos, curriculum guides and other educational materials
developed and offered by businesses, associations or information agencies.)

If yes, approximately how many of such programs might you use in a year?

1-3
4-6
7-10
More

If no, skip to question #8.

2. When you show a sponsored video, do you usually use it as:

Part of the curriculum
Supplement or enhancement to the curriculum
A break from the classroom routine (educational entertainment)

3. What are your sources of these sponsored materials? (Check all that apply.)

Video Placement Worldwide (VPW)
West Glen Communications
Order from articles or ads
Arrive unsolicited in the mail
Response to mail offers
Order from the Internet
Other

4. Some companies send materials on "free loan" which requires returning the video. Others send them for teachers to keep and use as they please. Which do you prefer?

Free loan
Keep and use
Doesn't matter

5. Which type of media do you prefer for sponsored programs to be used in your classroom?

Print only (teacher guides, brochures, posters, etc.)
Videos (with or without accompanying print materials)
CD-ROM (with or without accompanying materials)
Computer disk
DVD
Other

6. Of the sponsored programs you have used in the past three years, which made the greatest impression on you and your students? To the best of your recollection, please name up to three programs and the type of materials (video only, video and print, poster, teacher's guide, etc.)

(1)
(2)
(3)

7. Why do you like these programs? (Select all that apply.)

Followed curriculum guidelines
Beautiful graphics and poster
Excellent content, activities
Quality video, kept students' interest
Provided Information not otherwise available
Offered free samples, prizes or other products
Fostered student creativity
Other

8. Which of the following teaching aids do you find of greatest value in the classroom? Please rank them on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being best.

Assign a ranking to each one please:

Videos

1 2 3 4 5

------ More Valuable ---->>>

Teacher guides

1 2 3 4 5

------ More Valuable ---->>>

Classroom worksheets

1 2 3 4 5
------ More Valuable ---->>>

Posters

1 2 3 4 5

------ More Valuable ---->>>

CD-ROM/DVD

1 2 3 4 5

------ More Valuable ---->>>

The Internet

1 2 3 4 5

------ More Valuable ---->>>

9. Which of the following does your school have and use regularly as part of the teaching process?

VCRs
Cable TV
Satellite dish
Computers
CD-ROM
Videodisc players
DVD players
The Internet

10. How do most of your students access school computers, CD-ROM and the Internet?

In a computer lab
In our classroom
In the media center
In the library

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