Google Forms

So I am no expert in creating surveys, but after completing today’s activity in Google Forms, I could surely put something together to use as a teacher. In Google Forms (under Google Drive), there are questions that can be used to create a form and they come in various formats. The form was easy to create and I especially like that you can put a theme to it when it is presented. My form was about recess and physical activity, so it was fitting that I found a theme with runners as the graphic.

 As for the questions, it was slightly difficult to figure out what types of questions I wanted to use with the different formats. I really liked most of the question types and it was cool coming up with different ways to have the participant answer the question. Choosing the verbiage was also a little difficult because I had to think about whether or not the question was relevant and whether the wording was understandable.

To check out my final survey form, go to my School Recess questionnaire.  Click here if you want to see the Form Results from the participants. I think as a teacher these types of forms will be helpful in collecting information that can be useful for helping students, communicating with parents and getting feedback from parents about their child’s needs. These forms can be created to compile yes/no answers, constructed feedback and all sorts of data that can be helpful in making the classroom a better learning environment.

In order for this form to be used, a teacher must gather email addresses of parents and students so that they can participate in answering the questionnaires.  If a parent does not have an email address, the teacher might be able to administer the form via paper copy directly to the parent.  The document can also be shared, so anyone could have access to it. One of the problems I had was enabling a non-Shenandoah student access to the form. After clicking off of the requirement for a participant to sign in to Shenandoah’s email system, my participants were able to answer the questions in the form.

 

Just as parents may use this form, so can students. A teacher might use the form to poll the students about an upcoming test or to see what they know about a topic. These forms can be used for endless gathering of data for many topics. Because the form answers transfer into a spreadsheet, the results are easily viewed and can be interpreted in order to help the teacher prepare for future lesson planning and teaching.

Overall, this activity using Google Forms was pretty neat. I like having access to tools that can be manipulated to work for multiple purposes and subjects. The activity complies with ISTE.NETS.T standard number two, Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments. Since the activity was creating a form that could be used to assess a student by asking questions and then interpreting that data from the spreadsheet, it complies with giving different types of assessments through digital media. By using such forms, the teaching is demonstrating new ways to assess the student and also shows the student ways to use the form as well for other measurements.