Creating a Google Form
Activity Description
This artifact is a series of activities based around creating a Google form. It is one portion in the Google Module of a blended course I am creating for teachers at our school so they can learn the processes and tools we use as we integrate technology. These activities use the three types of learning described by William Horton: absorb, do, and connect. I have provided two ways for the learner to absorb this material - video and written instructions. The written directions are for the learner who prefers or needs to read instructions.
This activity is chunked into smaller sections and I broke the video and the written instructions into smaller parts so the learner could work through each section. Connie Malamed describes chunking as a strategy of "breaking down information into bite-sized pieces so the brain can more easily digest new information." (Malamed 2016). In this activity, there are a variety of ways for the learner to make sense of the information - watching a video or reading directions (absorb), creating a document (do), and reflecting on the process and learning (connect).
This artifact is a series of activities based around creating a Google form. It is one portion in the Google Module of a blended course I am creating for teachers at our school so they can learn the processes and tools we use as we integrate technology. These activities use the three types of learning described by William Horton: absorb, do, and connect. I have provided two ways for the learner to absorb this material - video and written instructions. The written directions are for the learner who prefers or needs to read instructions.
This activity is chunked into smaller sections and I broke the video and the written instructions into smaller parts so the learner could work through each section. Connie Malamed describes chunking as a strategy of "breaking down information into bite-sized pieces so the brain can more easily digest new information." (Malamed 2016). In this activity, there are a variety of ways for the learner to make sense of the information - watching a video or reading directions (absorb), creating a document (do), and reflecting on the process and learning (connect).
Objective
Design and share a Google Form to gather information.
Introduction
I have seen examples of teachers gathering information from our community in a variety of ways. I have seen forms out on the table during back to school night, email requests for replies, Google doc sign up sheets, papers passed out to students, and face to face requests for information. In this lesson, we are going to look at using a Google Form as a tool for gathering information and create a form of your own that you can use to gather information.
Step One - Look at Example Form
First, take a look at an example form that I created and review the variety of questions that can be used in the creation of a form. As you are looking over the form and the types of questions, be thinking of ideas for how you can use this in your practice. - Sample Form
(Absorb Activity - learner looks at example form)
Step Two - Brainstorm Ways to Use a Form
Now that you have seen a form, let's brainstorm some ideas for how you could use this with students, parents, colleagues, or anyone else in the community. Click on the link below which will take you to a padlet and add any ideas you may have about ways you could use a Google Form. This wall will be shared with others. Click here if you want to learn more about Padlet.
Link to Google Form brainstorming Padlet
(Connect Activity - learner brainstorms ways he/she can use this tool with their students and reflects on ways they could change their current system of gathering information)
Step Three - Create Your Own Form
Now that you have an understanding of what a Google Form can do, let's learn how to create one. The videos below have been broken up into small pieces so that you can create and share your form a bit at a time. For those of you who prefer written directions, there is a link at the bottom of the page for these.
Let's start with setting up your form. Watch the video to learn how to set up your Google Form.
Design and share a Google Form to gather information.
Introduction
I have seen examples of teachers gathering information from our community in a variety of ways. I have seen forms out on the table during back to school night, email requests for replies, Google doc sign up sheets, papers passed out to students, and face to face requests for information. In this lesson, we are going to look at using a Google Form as a tool for gathering information and create a form of your own that you can use to gather information.
Step One - Look at Example Form
First, take a look at an example form that I created and review the variety of questions that can be used in the creation of a form. As you are looking over the form and the types of questions, be thinking of ideas for how you can use this in your practice. - Sample Form
(Absorb Activity - learner looks at example form)
Step Two - Brainstorm Ways to Use a Form
Now that you have seen a form, let's brainstorm some ideas for how you could use this with students, parents, colleagues, or anyone else in the community. Click on the link below which will take you to a padlet and add any ideas you may have about ways you could use a Google Form. This wall will be shared with others. Click here if you want to learn more about Padlet.
Link to Google Form brainstorming Padlet
(Connect Activity - learner brainstorms ways he/she can use this tool with their students and reflects on ways they could change their current system of gathering information)
Step Three - Create Your Own Form
Now that you have an understanding of what a Google Form can do, let's learn how to create one. The videos below have been broken up into small pieces so that you can create and share your form a bit at a time. For those of you who prefer written directions, there is a link at the bottom of the page for these.
Let's start with setting up your form. Watch the video to learn how to set up your Google Form.
Setting Up a Google Form - Absorb Activity
Go ahead and follow the instructions in the video to set up your form.
(Do Activity - learner sets up their own form)
Now that our form has been set up, let's add some of the details and the questions. Watch the video below to see how to add and edit your questions and details.
(Do Activity - learner sets up their own form)
Now that our form has been set up, let's add some of the details and the questions. Watch the video below to see how to add and edit your questions and details.
Adding Questions to a Google Form - Absorb Activity
Go ahead and add the questions and details to your form.
(Do Activity - learner creates the questions in their own form)
Once your form is complete, it is time to share. Watch the video below to learn about your sharing options.
(Do Activity - learner creates the questions in their own form)
Once your form is complete, it is time to share. Watch the video below to learn about your sharing options.
Sharing Your Google Form - Absorb Activity
Once the users have filled in the forms, you will want to view your responses. Watch the video below to learn how you can look at your responses.
Viewing the Responses - Absorb Activity
Share Your Form
After you feel that your form is ready to go, please share it with a group of people. Once you have received the responses, write a post on your course blog reflecting on this process. Include a link to your form.
(Connect Activity - learner shares the form with a real audience and reflects on the process and results)
After you feel that your form is ready to go, please share it with a group of people. Once you have received the responses, write a post on your course blog reflecting on this process. Include a link to your form.
(Connect Activity - learner shares the form with a real audience and reflects on the process and results)
- You can answer any or all of these questions in your reflection:
- What went well in the process?
- What would you change?
- What do you like about this tool?
- How can you see yourself using this tool in the future?
- Anything else you would like to add.
Written Instructions
Created by Kris Sheehan, April 2014
Kris Sheehan - Google Forms | |
File Size: | 79 kb |
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Malamed, Connie. "Chunking Information for Instructional Design." The ELearning Coach. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2016
Horton, William K. E-learning by Design. San Francisco: Pfeiffer, 2006.
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