Objectives: Teachers will...

Create a Google Form for gathering data (possibly from students or parents).

Contribute to an online spreadsheet ideas for using Google forms in instruction and/or for gathering data from the educational community.

Self-evaluate success with Google forms.

Warm Up: 

     Please fill out This Form  Click to see the results as they happen!  

     Analyze the results with Wordle.

     See the Spreadsheet here.

Resources/Ideas/How-Tos

 Quick Takes: What Are Google Forms (plays in Adobe Presenter) by Jason Borgen, of California's TICAL group.

Jason presents how Google Forms are created and used. This presentation is also available as a PDF file. 

 How to Create a Quiz with Google Forms

     Google Presentation

     Teacher created screencast includes a rather sophisticated way to check the student answers.

10 Minutes of Research - On your own, please explore three of these links and reflect on how you can use Google Forms

- 10 Google Forms for the Classroom published by a teacher in England. "With the new school year fast approaching for us in England – and well on its way in other parts of the world – I thought I would share 10 ideas for using Forms in the classroom."  

- Google Forms Templates: login to Google Docs to see the list of templates available.

- Ideas for Google Forms in the classroom from Tech Tip Tuesdays.

- Using Google Spreadsheet Form Tool for Free Online Surveys presents an example using sophisticated spreadsheet functions to compile data.

- Using Google Docs Forms and Spreadsheets to Document Classroom Visits

Some Examples of Forms and Spreadsheets in Elementary Education

K-3 Lesson Plan for Graphing with Google Forms and Spreadsheets

K-3 Lesson Plan: Introduction to Scientific Method - Marble Stacking Using Google Spreadsheets

Dr. Alice Christie's Using Spreadsheets in K-12 Classrooms

What are your ideas for using Google Forms. Use this form to share!

See other's Answers in the Survey Results

Use what you know to create your own form.

     Test your form with some willing participants. View the results. Examine the summary of responses. Edit and refine.

How can you enable students to access a form?

Email it, create a tinyurl to it, embed it on a Google site, or post a link on a web page, wiki, or blog.

Self Evaluation Rubric and Checklist

Use these rubrics to self-evaluate your work with Google Forms.

Session Evaluation Form 

21st Century Standards

• Focuses on 21st century skills, content knowledge and expertise.
• Builds understanding across and among core subjects as well as 21st century interdisciplinary themes
• Emphasizes deep understanding rather than shallow knowledge
• Engages students with the real world data, tools, and experts they will encounter in college, on the job, and in life--students learn best when actively engaged in solving meaningful problems
• Allows for multiple measures of mastery

ICT Literacy

Apply Technology Effectively

• Use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate and communicate information
• Use digital technologies (computers, PDAs, media players, GPS,  etc.), communication/networking tools and social networks appropriately to access, manage, integrate, evaluate and create information to successfully function in a knowledge economy