I have been using google forms for a while now. But, I have never really actually used them for what I think I should. Really, I use them as a workaround for not paying for newsela. I will take the articles that I want read and convert them from PDF’s to a google doc and I will take the quiz from the readings and use them to insert them into a graded google form. I will then have it posted on Google Classroom for my students to take. I really like using the add-on flubaroo. I used Goobric with Doctopus to grade any papers that I have my students write. I have created some quizzes for vocabulary and had my students take them on a Google form. One thing that I think I would like to try is to make a survey so I could get feedback for different things I do in my classes.
For my action research/ capstone project I have a particular job for Google Forms. So, to understand how I want this to work I need to give an example. So, I have been obsessed with building things out of Raspberry pis. For a few months I have been trying to build what is called a Gameboy zero (basically a pi zero inside of an original gameboy case). Well, they make this special pcb board for the buttons. In order to buy one you have to sign up and all there is two questions asking your name and email on a form. On the back end it creates a Google Sheet with all the names and emails of people interested in buying a board. That could be cool to incorporate into something and having a form set up on my capstone site and when a teacher needs a certain video made they could request them in something like that. Another way I could use a form is by sending out surveys.
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Joe Hall
3/25/2017 08:54:55 pm
I'm interested in learning the add-ons such as Flubaroo and Doctopus to grade papers that students write. Even though I teach second grade, I think it would be powerful for them to practice writing something on the computer and then having it electronically corrected.
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Kelley S. Miller
3/26/2017 03:41:19 pm
Impressive, Adam!! If you were a chef I'd say you'd skipped right over ants on a log and gone straight to souffle. Student surveys are such an easy, low-stakes way to start using forms... and yet you've already mastered the Big Add-Ons. Thunderous applause! I will admit that I see the promise in Doctopus and Goobric, but they intimidate me. I went to a training a few years ago that showed how to use them. As a fellow ELA teacher, I see how very valuable they can be. I wonder, after a few rounds of using them, do they become quick and easy to prepare?
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Adam
3/26/2017 06:11:41 pm
Wow! You and I have both used Google Forms for totally opposite reasons. I have only used them for reflection. You have used all the fancy add-ons. I am jealous. I am hoping once my school gets access to Google Classroom, (mid-April) more of my staff will be interested. I tried Floobaroo for this class, and found it pretty simple and useful. For this assignment I used Auto-crat...and did not find it very fun! Mail-merge...uggggg. Do you use this? How? Why? Help. I am very impressed with your Capstone example. I am also impressed with people who speak Latin. I understood about as much...something about Rasberries, pcb buttons and boards. Sounds like a delicious recipe. You are far and above my tech level. I am thankful for folks like you who can keep moving our thinking along. Great read.
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Karly Miller
3/28/2017 05:47:24 pm
Adam--I enjoyed hearing about how you use forms and other resources for your students. I especially like that you found a free work around to still use Newsela articles, I am going to steal that!
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