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Please give your opinion!

I need YOUR ideas and suggestions to make this endeavor work! Please take a second and let me know how you feel about the following questions.

Would you, personally, be interested in reading a book dealing with the same topics as this website?

Answers		Votes	Percent
1.	YES!	384	94%
2.	Maybe- it depends on what the final version looks like	24	6%
3.	Probably not- I don't see a real need for it	1	0%

Total Votes: 409

What is your opinion on the Table of Contents so far?

Answers		Votes	Percent
1.	This is exactly the type of resource I am looking for	255	63%
2.	Most of the contents would be pretty useful	149	37%
3.	I don't think it would help me much	2	0%
4.	I don't think it would be of much use to me or other teachers	1	0%

Total Votes: 407

How would you prefer to read the book?

Answers		Votes	Percent
1.	Cover to cover- I don't like to skip anything	163	40%
2.	Using the table of contents to read chapters relevant to me	208	51%
3.	Skimming through, reading whatever catches my eye	38	9%

Total Votes: 409

What types of teacher resources have you read THE MOST in the past 6 months?

Answers		Votes	Percent
1.	Educational theory books (texts, research)	37	9%
2.	Educational research journals	8	2%
3.	Practical application books (like Ms. Powell's book will be)	175	43%
4.	Teacher biographies	0	0%
5.	Teacher magazines (The Mailbox, Creative Classroom)	68	17%
6.	Practical teacher resource books (Scholastic, Carson-Dellosa)	70	17%
7.	Reproducible books with worksheets, centers, etc. to make	46	11%
8.	I haven't read any teacher resources in the past 6 months	5	1%

Total Votes: 409

Where do you usually get your teacher resources?

Answers		Votes	Percent
1.	Buy them in a retail store, like Borders Books	91	23%
2.	Buy them from teacher resource stores	207	52%
3.	Buy them used from yard sales, Ebay, etc.	34	9%
4.	Borrow from other teachers	34	9%
5.	Borrow from school or public libraries	33	8%

Total Votes: 399

About how many teacher resource BOOKS do you own?

Total Votes: 408

How do you use the books you own?

Answers		Votes	Percent
1.	They sit on my shelf collecting dust because I am so busy!	22	5%
2.	I read or skim them once	24	6%
3.	I have a select few I reference over and over	239	59%
4.	I use most of them at some point during the school year	93	23%
5.	I have a system for referencing and really utilizing them	26	6%

Total Votes: 404

How much would you be willing to pay for my book if it were professionally bound, and about 300 pages?

Answers		Votes	Percent
1.	I would probably try to borrow it from someone to save money	10	2%
2.	Less than $10	6	1%
3.	Less than $20	153	37%
4.	Less than $30	137	33%
5.	The quality of the resource is more important to me than the price	104	25%

Total Votes: 410