Google Forms is a useful tool for many situations. Our school district uses forms to get feedback from teachers about curriculum, meetings, technology concerns and more. This year, I sent out a google form survey to parents regarding the homework projects I have been assigning to students this year. I had not considered how I could use forms with my students until this course- but I have since created and given my students a form so that I could get feedback from them on my goal setting procedures, which is what I am focusing my research on this year.
Related to using google forms in the classroom, I will be collecting data from these forms to use in my capstone project for Touro. My capstone is related to student agency and goal setting using technology. I have already used google forms to collect my baseline data on student thoughts and feelings regarding goal setting on paper, and now I plan to use the tool to collect information on their thoughts and feelings regarding goal setting using technology. After that, I plan to collect data from my student’s parents. I want to do this to see whether the students are talking about and working on their goals at home, and taking responsibility for their work, and how families feel about the activities related to goal setting and student agency that their students participated in this year. This will help me in my research, as well as my future planning for goal setting with students. I have been familiar with Google Forms since attending University for my bachelors degree, but I haven’t found tons of uses for it in the classroom. One issue with implementation being that my students are not 1:1 with devices, which can make it more challenging to use the tool to quickly collect data. However, after giving the students just one survey on google forms and seeing the data in Google Sheets- I am seeing a huge benefit here in the time saving aspect of the tool. Especially in comparison with the way I collected data in my previous semester and put it into sheets myself- creating titles and sorting data took some time that was saved with the use of the tool. I am also finding more innovative ways to apply the tool in relation to my student’s learning, parent feedback and my research project. I will definitely continue to explore with Google Add ons and use Google Forms in the future.
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Jose Cerda
4/9/2018 04:45:31 pm
It would be ideal if you had 1:1 computers for your students but it is great that you have still been able to use google forms to collect data. I agree, it is definitely a great tool to save time. Another great thing is that it all stays in one place, provides visuals that can be shared with students and parents, and it helps that it looks so good.
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Maria Dowling
4/9/2018 10:45:12 pm
I have not used Forms with parents yet. I think that's such a great way to get their feedback!
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Heather Feinberg
4/10/2018 06:41:04 pm
Using Google Forms for sign ups saves so much time! The hard part is getting all the correct emails for parents. I love how you are giving it a try without being 1:1. When I tried Google Classroom in the past without 1:1, students completed the Forms in a rotation.
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Scott Marsden
4/10/2018 09:16:41 pm
Kayla,
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AuthorKayla Bryant is an elementary school teacher in Napa, CA. This year she teaches a 2/3 combo class. She keeps a journal with funny quotes from her students, and enjoys learning and laughing alongside them. Some of her main educational interests are related to goal setting, growth mindset, and creativity. Archives
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