Google forms seems to have a lot of potential uses both for teaching and for my action research. In the classroom, I have been able to use google forms for getting quick data from my students to get to know them better, assess them, or simply to find out about their thinking. I created a simple questionnaire asking them how they feel about certain things as learners and found that many of my students lack the confidence when it comes to solving problems. Many of these students I thought felt comfortable with certain things in class, but I found that they actually felt differently. Google forms can help lead instruction in the classroom with data as well as give me a chance to know my students better. The same use can be applied to my action research. Collecting data becomes much more easy and allows for everything to be recorded online. From qualitative to quantitative data, google forms is a good way to collect data to analyze during our research. Having computers for each of my students in the classroom makes it so that all my students have access to the form and I can get quick data. One thing I would like to explore more about is the ability to separate certain written answers based on words mentioned. Reading 32 short answers can take up quite a bit of time; I would like to learn how to get a kind or organization of answers that have a set keyword or words. Something like a wordcloud comes to mind. This would allow me to save some time and narrow my focus when looking at data.
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Rian
4/9/2018 08:08:55 pm
I appreciate the way you have used google forms to enhance your teaching and connections with the students. I like the way you are looking for ways to ease your workload and would love to hear more about wordcloud.
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Maria Dowling
4/9/2018 10:54:15 pm
I also think that Google Forms is a great way to collect data. I love how it gives everyone immediate feedback in order to make adjustments/modifications in teaching. I have also used Forms for reflections and find that students feel more comfortable filling out reflections honestly when they do it on Google Forms.
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Jeff Albertazzi
4/10/2018 07:19:28 pm
There is an app for everything, there has to be an add-on for identifying trends in responses. If not let's get on that!!
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Scott Marsden
4/10/2018 09:20:54 pm
Jose,
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