Results from 148 quizzes:

1. Do you own a personal computer or have access to a computer at your home / apartment / room?
               Yes: 144        No: 3        No answer: 1

3. What Word Processing programs are you familiar with?  Which ones do you use the most often?
Microsoft Word: 139
Microsoft Works: 40
Notepad: 17
Appleworks: 14
Clarisworks: 13
Wordpad: 10
WordPerfect: 5
Lotus: 4
Excel: 4
No answer: 2
None, I'm a beginner: 1
Windows XP: 1
Corel: 1
Microsoft Word Perfect: 1
Windows98: 1
 

5. What Spreadsheet and Presentation Graphics programs are you familiar with?  Which do you use the most often?
Excel: 87
PowerPoint: 52
None: 30
MS-Works: 14
Appleworks: 6
Publisher: 3
Photoshop: 1
Printmaster: 1
AutoCAD: 1
Quatro Pro: 1
Hyperstudio: 1
Hypercard: 1
Clarisworks: 1
MS-Access: 1
WindowsXP: 1
Coral [sic] Presentations: 1
Don't know: 1

7. Which Internet browsers do you use the most often?
MS Internet Explorer: 107
Netscape Navigator: 52
America OnLine Browser: 25
Inappropriate answer (ex. Yahoo): 9
MSN Explorer: 6
No Answer: 5
Mozilla: 2
None: 2
Warwick: 1
Opera: 1
Compuserve: 1

8. Which Web search engines do you use the most often?
Google: 97
Yahoo: 89
AltaVista: 18
MSN: 17
Dogpile: 14
AskJeeves: 12
Lycos: 9
AOL: 7
Netscape: 6
Excite: 4
ASK: 3
HotBot: 2
Metacrawler: 2
None: 2
Search.com: 1
NorthernLights: 1
Webcrawler: 1
Go: 1
C4: 1
UVM's: 1
Overture: 1
MainMa: 1

9. What software have you downloaded and installed recently?
FTP Voyager: 32
Blubster: 30
AOL Instant Messenger: 28
None: 24
SSH: 13
Kazaa: 12
Adobe Acrobat Reader: 11
Norton Antivirus: 10
Math XL: 7
Mp3s: 6
PowerPoint Viewer: 5
RealPlayer: 5
Winamp: 5
Morpheus: 5
Shockwave: 4
Updates: 3
Netscape: 3
Musicmatch Jukebox: 3
Music converter: 3
CRT Telnet: 2
Audio Galaxy: 2
Screensaver: 2
WinMX: 2
Games: 2
Flash Player: 2
DVD Interactive: 2
Mathematica: 2
Windows Media: 2
Limewire: 1
videos: 1
Marine Aquarium: 1
Rhapsody Music: 1
MSN Explorer: 1
Netzone: 1
Fetch: 1
Printer driver: 1
Jam Base Rhapsody: 1
Stuffit expander: 1
Window Washer: 1
Explorer 5.11: 1

10.  Have you given a PowerPoint presentation in front of an audience?
Yes: 93        No: 52        No answer: 1

11. What e-mail discussion lists (listservs) or digests, Usenet Newsgroups subscriptions, MUDs, or personal message (Chat) programs (ICQ, Instant Messenger) do you use?
AOL Instant Messenger: 115
None: 15
MSN Messenger: 7
New Beginnings: 6
Hotmail: 6
Yahoo Messenger: 4
ICQ: 4
English listserv: 3
Zoo mail: 3
ASCI listserv: 3
Sailing team listserv: 2
PSS listserv: 1
Psych listserv: 1
Club soccer: 1
DYCVT: 1
Mountain wings: 1
Windows IM: 1
Environmental Awareness Newsgroup: 1
Skiing: 1
Outing club: 1
IRC: 1

11. Have you ever set up a Web Page?  If so, describe it please & write the URL below.
No: 120        Yes (but no URL): 25        Yes with URL: 2

12. Circle below the most appropriate graph type to display the relationship between yearly average global surface temperature and hurricane frequency over the last 60 years?
 

13.  Why is your graph choice the most appropriate?

14.  Please put a check or an X next to any of the following software you have had any experience with:
 

15.  What does ASCII stand for, and why is it important to know about?
 13 correct answers out of 148 quizzes

16. What are three examples of programming languages?
 8 correct answers

17. What is the difference between a programming language and an application program?  Please give examples of both applications and languages.
6 correct answers

18. What is an Operating System?  Give four examples.
14 correct answers

19. What is the difference between Java programming language and JavaScript?
1 correct answer

20.  Please briefly define and following terms (SPELL OUT THE ACRONYMS) and give examples of where these are in use.

TCP/IP:  3 correct answers out of 148 quizzes
Telnet: 2 correct answers
<H1>:  3  "           "
http:  13
MIME: 2
<TD> </TD>: 0
.jpg:   4
Packet: 6
DLL:  1
Router: 2
IP Number: 5
D:\: 11
Name Server: 1
<A HREF> </A>:  0
Dot Pitch: 7
GHz: 32
Tera:  8
OLE: 1

Summary:
Most students have their own computer and are familiar with MS-Word, browsing the Web, and Chatting with Instant Messenger.  Many (63%) have given a PowerPoint presentation before and have downloaded and installed software on their PCs.

Students have not had much experience with Spreadsheets, and their graph skills need improvement.  Most have not created a web page (81%) and those that have do not know HTML.  Most have had no experience with FTP or Telnet.  The vast majority of student (95%) have no experience with programming languages.  Most students do not have detailed knowledge about information technology hardware.