Google Forms

I think Google Forms is a great tool. I had never put a Form together or even knew Google had that feature. Now that I think about it, I've taken many quizzes from this, but I never thought about how it was put together. Teacher Education students at Johnson normally post quizzes on Facebook at a certain time of year and ask people to take it because it's for a class. Now I know how they put it together. It's a great tool to manage quizzes, send them out easily, and have them graded for you. I thought it was easy to learn how to make a form. I liked that it didn't take much time at all to figure out how to do it. It's great that responses are sent to a spreadsheet. It was a little trickier to figure out how to have the responses self graded, but it still wasn't bad. I really like this feature on Google.

Here are the links to the form and the spreadsheet.

After reading from Google Apps Meets Common Core, I learned that Google Forms can be used for more in schools than just quizzes. Forms can be used for student surveys or to gather information about students. Teachers can use Forms to track grades, behavior, and assignments. They can then share this information with parents or other school personnel. Some Common Core State Standards require students to present information, findings, and evidence to support those findings. One high school standard requires students to conduct researcher projects to answer questions or solve problems. Google Forms would be great for helping fulfill these standards because it is a great way to easily gather information and results. Students can create a form and share it as a way to gather answers or opinions from people. They can then have responses put right into a spreadsheet so they can easily see results. There is also a tool on Forms where students can see data in simple charts and graphs without having to make them on their own. And of course, Forms are great for tests or quizzes, because they can be self graded and students would enjoy getting to use technology to take them.