Here are some of the best questions for a student survey about classroom technology, plus tips to help you create a survey that yields real insights. You can build your own student technology survey in seconds with Specific.
Best open-ended questions for student survey about classroom technology
Open-ended questions help students share detailed feedback, experiences, and surprises we might miss with just checkboxes. They're a must when you care about richer data, context, and nuance—not just yes/no results. For surveys on classroom technology, these questions let students voice what really matters or frustrates them. When you ask the right open-ended questions in a student survey, you unlock deeper insights and can spot unanticipated trends. That's not just theory: open-ended questions in educational surveys consistently produce more honest, thoughtful, and valuable responses [1][2].
What types of technology do you use most often in your classes, and why?
Can you describe a time when classroom technology helped you learn something better or faster?
How do you feel about the technology tools provided by your school or teachers?
Are there any challenges or frustrations you face when using technology during lessons?
What specific features or apps do you wish you had access to in your classes, but currently don’t?
How does technology change the way you prepare for exams or complete assignments?
Have you ever struggled to use classroom technology because of unclear instructions or technical issues?
If you could improve one thing about the way technology is used in your classroom, what would it be?
Do you believe technology makes learning more enjoyable or more confusing—and why?
What advice would you give your school to make technology more helpful for students like you?
Open-ended questions reduce bias, encourage engagement, and may even uncover unconscious needs or valuable context for design and policy changes [1][2]. If you want insights with depth and empathy, these types of questions are essential.
Best single-select multiple-choice questions for student survey about classroom technology
Single-select multiple-choice questions work best when we need to quantify experiences or opinions, or when we want to guide students into a conversation without overwhelming them. Sometimes, giving a few short choices makes it easier for students to answer quickly and honestly. These structured questions also make analysis simple and let you spot trends across large groups. Pairing them with open-ended or follow-up questions gets you the best of both worlds.
Here are three strong examples:
Question: Which device do you primarily use for schoolwork?
Laptop
Tablet
Smartphone
Desktop computer
Other
Question: How easy is it for you to access the internet or required apps during class?
Very easy
Somewhat easy
Somewhat difficult
Very difficult
Question: How often do you experience technical problems with classroom technology?
Almost never
Occasionally
Frequently
Almost always
When to follow up with "why?" Always consider a follow-up when a single-select answer could have multiple reasons behind it. For example, if a student says it’s "somewhat difficult" to access required apps, follow up: "Why is it difficult to access the apps during class?" That’s where we get stories, context, and actionable insights that no multiple-choice question alone can provide.
When and why to add the "Other" choice? The "Other" option ensures you don't box students in. It gives respondents a chance to bring up something you didn’t think of, sometimes uncovering blind spots or emerging trends. With smart follow-up questions, you dig into those surprises for insights you’d otherwise miss.
NPS question for student classroom technology feedback
The Net Promoter Score (NPS) has huge value when applied to classroom technology. It asks students how likely they are to recommend their classroom’s technology setup to a friend, using a scale of 0 to 10. This one score gauges satisfaction and loyalty in a single, comparable metric. Pairing an NPS question with tailored follow-ups reveals which students are technology "promoters," who’s neutral, and who feels held back by poor tech. For schools or education teams, tracking student NPS on technology is a shortcut to prioritizing improvements that matter most. If you want an instant NPS survey specifically for this audience, you can find one here.
The power of follow-up questions
Follow-up questions are the magic ingredient in conversational student surveys. They transform quick, shallow answers into insights you can act on. That’s a big reason why Specific pioneered automated, real-time follow-ups by AI. This feature digs in like a smart researcher, asking relevant questions the second a student’s answer is vague, incomplete, or unexpectedly interesting. Check out our article on automated follow-up questions to see how this works in practice.
Student: "I don’t like using tablets in class."
AI follow-up: "Can you share what makes using tablets frustrating for you during lessons?"
If we stopped at the first response, we’d miss out on the cause (e.g., slow devices, confusing apps, or lack of training). Automated follow-ups save teachers and researchers enormous time—no extra emails, no back-and-forth, just one smooth survey conversation.
How many follow-ups to ask? In general, two or three follow-ups are enough to get full context. With Specific, you can enable an automatic “skip to next question” setting once the AI detects the student has shared what you needed.
This makes it a conversational survey: Every answer feels like chatting with a real person, creating a truly conversational survey experience that gets students talking and sharing authentically.
AI-powered analysis, easy insights: No matter how much unstructured text you get, you won’t be overwhelmed. Analyzing survey feedback with AI lets us extract themes, trends, and action steps in minutes—even from huge volumes of open-ended responses.
These dynamic, AI-generated follow-ups are new, and the best way to see their value is to try generating a survey yourself.
How to prompt ChatGPT to generate great student survey questions
Want to brainstorm even more survey questions? Giving clear prompts to ChatGPT or other GPTs works wonders. Here’s a starting point for open-ended brainstorming:
Suggest 10 open-ended questions for student survey about classroom technology.
But AI always gives better results when you feed it context about your school, your teaching style, your goals, or student demographics. Like this:
We’re a high school focused on project-based learning. Suggest 10 open-ended questions for students about their experiences using technology in the classroom, with an emphasis on challenges and new ideas for improvement.
After getting your initial questions, ask for organization:
Look at the questions and categorize them. Output categories with the questions under them.
Then, pick the categories most relevant to your work—say, "technology access", "learning improvements", or "technical problems"—and get focused:
Generate 10 questions for categories 'technology access' and 'learning improvements'.
This approach surfaces more targeted, diverse, and actionable student feedback ideas for your classroom technology survey.
What is a conversational survey?
A conversational survey is a feedback tool that feels more like a chat than a static form. Respondents get tailored, dynamic follow-ups, and your questions (and tone) adapt in real time. AI-driven conversational surveys mean students can just "talk" about their experiences, rather than picking boxes or trying to fit their stories into drop-downs. You’ll get deeper, richer answers, minimizing survey fatigue—and you don’t need to spend days reading confusing paragraphs, thanks to AI-powered response analysis.
Manual Survey Creation | AI-Generated Survey (Specific) |
---|---|
Lots of time spent planning, phrasing, and structuring questions—one by one. | Start by chatting with the AI. Get 10-20 research-grade questions in seconds, ready to launch or tweak. |
No follow-ups unless you review responses and reach out later. | Automatic, context-aware follow-ups during survey. No missed context or confusing replies. |
Responses are static, sometimes incomplete or lacking detail. | Conversational style encourages storytelling and sharing. AI asks “why” and probes for detail. |
Analysis takes hours; unstructured answers hard to summarize. | AI groups, summarizes, and lets you chat with your data instantly. |
Why use AI for student surveys? With AI, you reduce mistakes and bias, collect more nuanced insights, and analyze data without drowning in unstructured text. You get to the “why” of student feedback much faster, making quick, confident improvements based on real stories. If you want to start from scratch, check out the AI survey generator.
Specific’s conversational surveys offer the best-in-class user experience for both students sharing feedback and educators collecting it. The process is smooth, engaging, and instantly actionable. For more tips, read our guide to creating student surveys about classroom technology.
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