I have been to one class on Forms that Napa Learns put on during a weeknight class earlier this year. I got the gist of how it works and I tried a few generic features, but never made form that I could use with my class. As a reading specialist with many different groups it takes some time to set up a test or quiz that I will only use once. It is fun for the kids and is great for a quick exit or check for understanding, but I already have so little time with my kids to get to the already prescribed and very expensive curriculum. I could see myself using it on one of my Technology Tuesday classes for end of unit work or pre-unit work on vocabulary, but I like other tools to reinforce vocabulary concepts. My job as a TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment) Intervention was cut with the 7 million dollar budget cuts in the past few weeks and I have no idea where I will be going or what I will be teaching next year. I am going to keep these tools in my back pocket as the school year winds down and more and more of my classes are geared towards CAASSP testing prep.
I love using games and fun ways to get my students excited and motivated to learn and I could use some Google Forms to recall summative information as an accumulative reminder as to what the year of knowledge has brought to their learning. I like the idea of using these forms for conferences, quizzes, opinions and surveys or polls and quick short answers to check for writing skills, thoughts and knowledge around processing information such as writing a summary or retelling a story. It is fantastic for gathering data from parents and students to make my life easier with contact information. There are so many ways my teacher brain has changed in how I think about using these various tools. Something that I am going to use for my Touro Capstone is the Survey. Before I knew about Forms, I did a survey in the word processing and pencil format. I wish that these two classes were the first two classes of the year to gain knowledge and understanding as to how mini-cycles work and then I would have all year to play with digital tools throughout the heavy school units in the beginning of the school year and work on the Action Research plan closer to the Capstone. It seems like more of a natural progression to the program. But I digress... I am going to do the survey on Forms for my next culmination cycle to see where the students are now as the year ends. have actually found other reasons outside of the classroom in which Forms will come in very handy and I will be using them for the Washington, D.C. trip that I have been planning for June. I am having a meeting in April and this is giving me the reason to experiment and explore with some of the Add-Ons that I may not use at this grade level at this point in the year. I am excited to keep exploring and keep learning more and more when it comes to tech tools with my staff at meetings and other members of my technology learning community.
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Scott Marsden
3/24/2019 02:44:00 pm
Monica,
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Monica Knecht
3/24/2019 04:34:45 pm
Scott, I did read Jona's blog and she has some great ideas. I am really not sure how to use the Add-ons and I am gong to ask a friend at work tomorrow to show me how to use them on the Forms. I have been giving ELPAC's for three weeks and I haven't had classes to give them to.
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Caitlin Mitchell
3/24/2019 06:54:51 pm
Hi Monica,
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Jennifer Perkins
3/24/2019 10:24:12 pm
Hi Monica, I like your idea of using Google Forms during Technology Tuesday as a way to check for their understanding for what they have been learning. I also like your idea of using Google Forms with not just students, but with parents as well. I agree that using Google Forms as a survey is a great way to get data for your Capstone project. I used the add on, “Advanced Summary by Awesome Tab” which made awesome graphs to display data (more detailed than the graphs produced in Google Forms). Thanks for sharing all of your awesome ideas for Google Forms!
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Scott Marsden
3/26/2019 05:11:23 pm
Jennifer,
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