I have used google forms this year more as a management tool not so much as l learning tool. I have created forms as a quick way for kids to turn in assignments and use it as a student sign in and out when they leave the classroom. I also use it at back to school night so parents sign in collect emails and other info. An area of weakness for me is keeping in contact with the parents, so I looked at the add on Formmule. Students will be able generate quick emails to inform their parents on variety of things whether it be a behavior issue, or a great test score Another add on I am looking at trying when we do Earthquakes is mapping sheets. By mapping earthquakes students can discover plate boundaries and fault lines. One draw back is I have only figured out how to use it with addresses and not mapping coordinates. For my Touro action research/capstone project I used Google forms to collect qualitative data for my research paper. I am now using it for students to track their leaning progress as we go through our chemistry unit. using a scale from 1 to 4 they rate how well they think they know that learning intention and what they need to revist. What I think I need them to do is make a copy of the form so as they do it multiple times, they will have their own responses on the spreadsheet instead of entering them.
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Kayla Bryant
4/9/2018 11:51:57 am
I have also found it easier to use google forms as a management tool, and with parents. I wonder why that is! I have just started using it with students and am still using it as more of a survey as an assessment. I guess this is because most of my curriculum includes so many assessments I don't feel that I need much more data on my student's academic progress. I will find it very useful in collecting my research date though. Mapping Sheets sounds very interesting, what a cool concept for a project with your science students! Formmule seems great too, I couldn't find that one when I was searching for some reason.
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Rian
4/9/2018 08:06:35 pm
I appreciate the way you discussed using google forms as a means to keep in contact with parents. I am interested in learning more about your process.
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Amanda Olson
4/9/2018 09:40:30 pm
How you are already using Google Forms in your classroom seems to be improving the home-school connection, and I could imagine forming such a relationship with middle school parents due to the very number of students you have could be a very difficult task to accomplish. I have tried in the past to use it as a way to increase communication with parents, but the times I have attempted this, I came across the equal access issue in which several of my families were unable to access the form because they did not have a device sufficient in doing so. In addition, I have several families who do not have email addresses, and I also have some parents who would need my forms translated into Spanish. I am curious if there is an add-on that would translate the content of the form into Spanish, and then transfer their responses back in English. I will look into this! I found a QR Code Maker add-on that created a QR code that I could share with parents thereby not requiring them to be notified via email. Have you ever come across equal access issues when attempting to use Google Forms as a home-school communication tool? I am very interested on using Google Forms to share student progress with parents, and I would therefore like to do more research about the best ways to share student performance on different assessments that were administered via Google Forms. How do you like the Formmule add-on so far, and what does it allow you do that Google Forms does not already enable?
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Scott Marsden
4/10/2018 09:12:21 pm
Jeff,
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