Google Forms. How can you not like a piece of technology that reduces waste (paper) and time (self grading)? Over the years I have gone through cycles of using Google Forms. It is almost as it comes into fashion and then can quickly fade out. Last weeks session invigorated me to use it again, as I have been relying on Quizizz as my short assessment tool as of late. Trying to input exponents proved difficult until I installed the add-on EquitIO (formely g(math)) that created a math editor option for each question. Success! After giving the Google Form today, I was able to learn about the strengths of my students from the previous weeks learnings. In comparison to Quizizz, I saw that Forms allowed more time for thoughtful responses and turned it into more of a show what you know rather than a competition. With Quizizz I have really been trying to stress the "slow down" mantra and have spent time debriefing the average time per question in hopes of getting more accurate responses. Google Forms did just this. In the future, I know when I would need to use Quizizz and Google Forms because they both play a specific purpose in my classroom.
Besides acting as a quick assessment tool, Google Forms can help get feedback through surveys, which is how I have used them for my Action Research. When completing the study which included the effect of a PBL unit on students comprehension, I wanted to gather authentic student input about how they felt when working through the unit, mainly within collaborative groupings. Google Forms allowed me to create a short pre and post survey that involved how students approached and felt about working in collaborative groups. Several questions were multiple choice, but having the option to have students own words in short answer form is what made the survey that much more real. Moving forward with Forms, I would be interested in having students create and administer a Form in situations that involve student input or some kind of democratic process within the school or classroom. Additionally, it might be cool to have groups create/administer their own forms to other groups to test each others knowledge and possibly turn it into a "Can you stump another group" situation.
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Christina Schreiber
3/17/2018 02:19:03 pm
What a great idea for students to create their own google forms to collect data. That would be a great thing to include with your PBL projects and help students take ownership of the learning. I love using google forms to collect student feedback on lessons and units. I feel that students also enjoy being able to let you know what worked well and what didnt. I have gotten some of my best feedback from forms like these!
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Diana
3/18/2018 08:49:34 am
Thank you so much for including the add on, EquitlO. As a math teacher I use forms and slides frequently in class and exponents and other mathematical notations are always hard to incorporate, I am definitely going to give it a try.
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Madeleine
3/18/2018 10:35:20 am
Christina,
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Madeleine
3/18/2018 10:36:58 am
Joe! Sorry! Im getting confused with my blogs again!
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helen Blood
3/18/2018 12:26:28 pm
I really liked your comparison of Quizziz and google forms. Being a newbie to both, this will be very helpful as I develop my lessons. I also liked the idea of students creating google forms. I thought it might be a PBL for students to demonstrate ideas and ask questions of each other. My first time for creating surveys and giving them to students is Monday. Any helpful hints you have found in surveys would be appreciated.
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Stephanie Jones
3/20/2018 08:35:46 pm
I agree with you that technology goes in waves. We tend to let similar technology pieces go as we try something new. Finding the balance of old and new can be challenging. I also see the value in both forms of assessment. When do you find Quizziz more valuable than Forms?
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joseph williams
3/24/2018 08:19:41 am
I find that Quizizz is more valuable as a tool when rather shallow questions are generated rather than a formal assessment tool where questions can be more in depth (which by no means is the only use for Google Forms). With Quizizz students get caught up in the "select an answer quickly" as points are awarded for accuracy and speed. This creates a great canvas for quick reviews, touching on prior knowledge, rolling out new, accessible content and the like. However, if I am asking students to solve a system of equation that involves a multi-step process, I am not going with Quizizz.
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Scott Marsden
3/21/2018 05:32:22 pm
Joe,
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