Tic-Tech: HELP!

From: Mark Ahlness (mahlness@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us)
Date: Thu May 24 2001 - 17:26:08 PDT

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    On Thu, 24 May 2001, Mertens and Sahl wrote:

    > I am forwarding on to you a request from a colleague at the University of
    > Oregon who has worked feverishly on the recent hot issues of filtering and
    > student online privacy. She has asked me if I knew anyone who would be
    > willing to have their high school students complete an online survey.
    > This activity requires parental consent. E-versions of the survey and
    > consent form are in my possession and I can forward them to anyone who is
    > interested in examining them before deciding to participate. Her request
    > is at the bottom of this post.
    >
    > The study has the potential to inform decision-makers with important
    > student-derived information about personal decisions students make when
    > using the Internet. Currently, very little is known about students'
    > actual use of the Web. If you have other questions about the study, I'd
    > suggest you contact Nancy at here e-mail address below or go to her Web
    > site and take a look at the work she does. (Some personal information
    > about Nancy: She is a single mother with three children, and a former
    > special ed teacher who has a law degree. If you have an aversion for
    > educational researchers, I'm afraid she doesn't fit the mold.)
    >
    > Kurt Sahl, Doctoral candidate
    > College of Education
    > University of Washington
    > Seattle, WA
    > bluesky@scn.org
    >
    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 12:17:21 -0700
    > From: Nancy Willard <nwillard@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU>
    > To: Kurt Sahl <sahlk@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
    > Subject: HELP!
    >
    > Hi Kurt.
    >
    > I was wondering whether your merry band of folks concerned about N2H2
    > includes one ore more high school teachers who have access to a computer
    > lab and would be willing to do a major favor for me. I am frantically
    > trying to gather up the last data that I need to complete my NSF study.
    > I have approximately 200 subjects in middle school and but have not been
    > able to find anyone willing to collect the data from high school
    > students. I *really understand* what time of the year it is. But I got
    > very behind because of my activities with the commercialism issues and
    > my work trying to figure out a good response for schools on the CIPA
    > issue. So I am hoping that someone is appreciative of the work that I
    > have done and would be willing to extend themselves as a favor to me.
    >
    > The research involves an online survey addressing technology ethics. It
    > takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. All responses are
    > anonymous, but I still need to have the parents sign a human subjects
    > release. They will also need to get permission from their administrator.
    > I have attached some materials that describes the entire process.
    >
    > I am hoping you have some contacts who might be willing to help.
    >
    > Nancy
    > --
    > Nancy Willard
    > Project Director, Responsible Netizen
    > Center for Advanced Technology in Education
    > College of Education, 5214 University of Oregon
    > Eugene, Oregon 97403-5214
    > 541-346-2895 (office) 541-346-6226 (fax)
    > Web Page: http://netizen.uoregon.edu
    > E-mail: nwillard@oregon.uoregon.edu
    >
    >

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