Setting up a quiz or survey on Google Forms was surprisingly simple and straightforward. I really like that many different question format options, the different themes to choose from for the form design, and that the forms were so easy to share via email. When it came to using the self-scoring feature for the forms, I had a little trouble at first setting up the spreadsheet using formulas (formulas make me think of math, and math makes me want to hide under my bed curled up in the fetal position). However, with the help of my classmate, I persevered and figured out how to set up the formula to automatically calculate answers, and I understand how this would help teachers to save a great deal of time when grading assessments. Although I will need to practice more with Google Forms before I will completely comfortable implementing it in my curriculum, I can envision using this program in my classroom for student surveys and quizzes. For instance, I may use Google Forms to quickly survey students concerning their dominant intelligences and interests at the beginning of the school year.
In the high school language arts lesson plan I reviewed, titled "Writing for Context, Audience, and Purpose," students used Google Forms to design and execute polls asking their classmates to respond to questions regarding "shared readings, pop culture, news items, or events in the class or school or local community." Student groups used the information garnered from the survey/polls combined with material learned in class to collaboratively create and share a class newsletter through Google Docs. This lesson plan was very much student-centered and project-based, and I can imagine students enjoying using Google Forms and Google Docs to create an authentic, relevant product in the form of a class newsletter. I really like this lesson plan idea, and may very well steal and modify it for use in my own English language arts classroom someday.
Excellent!
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