Google Form

This is the first time I have ever tried the Google Forms and it turns out to be such a great tool. I checked out the link Tutorial -Self Grading, and then followed it to make my first self-grading quiz Chinese Test 1 for my husband. He actually likes it after the sample test and even asks me to make this kind of test more often to help him with his Chinese. I am so surprised to hear that. I think Google Forms can be a great tool with ease of use to enhance students’ learning. If I want to design a quiz, all I need to do is to create a new form and type the questions, choose the question type and then I can send the form to my students. There are different question types I can choose, such as text, multiple choice, choose from a list, checkbox, scale, grid and so on. I can view the summary responses to see what percentage of each question the whole class made. Then I can decide whether I need to reteach some of the content or it is time to move to the next subject. With Google Form, I can design a survey with ease. I still remember I had to use Word Processing application to design a survey in college, email to the participants and then count the result manually. It took so much time to do the whole process. I wish I could have used Google Form and Spreadsheet back that time, and then it would be so much easier.

Another great feature of the Google Form is that it puts all the responses into a spreadsheet automatically. I can modify, rearrange and analyze the response without affecting the original form responses. I can use the spreadsheet to do self-grading. All I need to do is to know how to use right formula to get the spreadsheet going. This is the link to the spreadsheet I made to self-grade the Chinese Test 1. Google Form and Google spreadsheet can really make my life much more productive.

Google Forms offers an easy way for schools, students, teachers and parents to connect with each other. For example, Schools can design surveys to evaluate teachers’ performance; schools also can send home a parent survey to gather information from parents about certain aspects of school life; teachers can create forms that will track specific students’ grades, behavior, and assignments; teachers can also email the parents the information of students and share it with other teachers, so much more with Google Forms and Spreadsheets.

The CCSS requires that students will “present information, findings and supporting evidence. ” Google Forms is a great tool that students can use to gather real information from peers, parents, and the community and to use that supportive information to make decisions or form conclusions about a certain topic. Another Anchor Standards requires students to make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations. Students can use Form to design a survey and send it to the participants. After the participants took the survey, all of the responses were collected in the attached spreadsheet. Students then can use spreadsheet to organize, analyze and interpret data as well as turning numeric data into a chart that graphically illustrates the relationship of the numeric data. With the ease of use feature, Google Forms can help students meet and excel the requirement of the CCSS.