Technology and Education » Google Docs http://blogs.pikeschool.org/aaronhovel Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:32:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Google Docs in the Classroom – Use Forms for Formative Assessment http://blogs.pikeschool.org/aaronhovel/2011/11/30/google-docs-in-the-classroom-%e2%80%93-use-forms-for-formative-assessment/ http://blogs.pikeschool.org/aaronhovel/2011/11/30/google-docs-in-the-classroom-%e2%80%93-use-forms-for-formative-assessment/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:16:20 +0000 Mr. Hovel http://blogs.pikeschool.org/aaronhovel/?p=380 Second in a Series
This is the second in a series called Google Docs in the Classroom.  Each post will highlight one way to use google docs in the classroom.  I will focus on uses that help teachers to teach and students to learn in ways that could not be done otherwise.

Google Docs has a form feature that you can use to assess your students, plan events, or distribute a survey. The form feature is very much like survey software.  You create the questions that will make up the form and then share a link with your students. The students fill out the form and responses are automatically collected in a spreadsheet in google docs.

Forms are a great tool for formative assessment.

  1.  Sequencing type questions.
    • Sequence the events of the civil war.
    • Describe the flow of blood through the heart.
  2. Reflecting questions.
    • What part of the life cycle of fungi is most confusing?
    • What do you think are the two biggest reasons the led to the Vietnam war?  and why?

Create a form with questions like these and then post the link on your homework site.  This is a quick and easy way to get feedback from all  students.

Click here for directions on how to get started with forms.

 

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