Google has now developed a quick-and-easy, streamlined way, to turn a Google Form into a self-grading quiz or assessment. When you create a form in Google, you can enable a setting to where Google marks the form as a quiz and will automatically grade it for you. Once graded, you have the option of looking at collected data individually, within a spreadsheet or compiled together in a chart. This is a great alternative to using Edmodo quizzes, if you like their feature of self-grading. Google goes even further and offers further options to enable instant feedback, answer review, shuffle question order and alter quiz based on student responses. Once quiz is completed, there are various ways to review student responses. Google Forms do not have to be used as a quiz at all. You can send out a form to survey the class, poll, an exit ticket or you want them to summarize something that they've learned during the day. You can embed You Tube videos and pictures into Google Forms. Student can watch video and complete a short answer and question form based on the video. Google Forms are not just for multiple choice questions. There are options to add short answer and paragraph responses. To get started using Google Forms, you will need to access your Google Drive account. At Sikeston R6 Schools, you can use your computer login to access your Google account. Once you're signed in, go to the Google apps located on the right-hand corner of the screen.
How to Create a Quiz with Google FormsOnce you start a new form, you will be defaulted to a blank "untitled" form. From there you can name your form and begin adding questions. How to Set Form as a QuizTo make this a self-grading quiz, you will need to change a setting in the form. On the upper right-hand corner of the page is the settings option (which is a cog wheel). From there, just toggle the option that says "Make this a quiz." Under the general settings, you can choose to require sign-in to access the quiz. This will require students to sign in with their Google account. If you wish to by-pass this option, unclick "collect email addresses" and "Restrict to Sikeston R6 Schools." If you choose this option, please make sure one of the required questions is the students' name or some other form of identification. There are various options on setting up the quiz. You can choose whether or not students will see their grade after completion or rather wait until after manual review of the responses. You can also leave all option checked or unchecked, depending on preferences. How to Set Quiz Answer KeyYou will need to create an answer key in order for Google to grade assignment for you. Choose the "Answer Key" option, set the correct answers and point value. You can set more than one possible answer as being correct. You can even set a tailored feedback based on student responses. So if they get an answer wrong, the response page could include a hint, file or even a You Tube video they can use to review skill. How to Send Quiz to StudentsSending quizzes to students is rather simple. The options are to either email, via URL or embed onto a website. For purposes at SJHS, I would generate a URL and send it to students via Edmodo. There is an option for embedding onto a website if you want to include it on the school's page. How to View Student ResponseOnce students have completed assignment in Google Forms, you can review their responses. The easiest way I have found to review responses, is to go to original form in Drive and choose "responses." Google will tell you the amount of responses it has so far. Responses can be collected onto a spreadsheet in Google Sheets. You will have an option to create a new spreadsheet for each form, or you can have multiple forms responses collected onto one spreadsheet. This might be useful if you're collecting data from all classes and you want to see how all students have done one particular learning standard. Google also compiles responses onto a summary charts that are broken down by question. This gives you a quick visual on how students responded. You can also see each individual answers. If you click on the three vertical dots on the right-hand corner, you will also be given more options with the form. You can set up email notification whenever a form is completed, download and print results and unlink form from current spreadsheet. Using Google Forms as an assessment tool is only one way to utilize Google Forms in class. You can use it as a survey, have students complete a form at the beginning of the school year in order to get learn their interests and strengths. You can use forms as a way for parent communication. Google Forms and SAMRImagine using Google Forms as a pre-post test option. Send students the same quiz before and after a unit of instruction, but have the results send to the same spreadsheet. All data is time stamped so it will be easy to discern between scores before and after instruction. This would a useful way for students to monitor and reflect upon their learning.
Just like with any tech tool, it all depends on how you use it. These suggestions I listed above would most likely fall under the augmentation level of SAMR, because there is a functional improvement with forms being used- mainly ease and speed of student responses being collected. But in order to go "above the line" and get to modification and redefinition, there will need to be a change in how the forms are being used. For example, if I were to create a quick form to assess students' understanding on a skill I taught, and to use the results to lead a class discussion on where our strengths and areas of improvement lie, I will be going "above the line" because we are using the technology with a purpose. Another example of students using Google forms "above the line" is students are researching a topic for social studies, science, ELA, art, etc., and they could create a form surveying questions regarding their research topic. Students could simply share the forms via URL, and the students or classroom teacher could share link via Edmodo, school website, Twitter, etc. to reach a larger audience. For more information on using Google Forms, visit the following sites: Google Forms Tech Tips for Teachers: 4 Ways to Use Google Forms Innovative Ideas for Using Google Forms
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Curiosity.com is exactly how it sounds and it's perfect for those who are constantly wanting to learn and explore. There are various features that I like about curiosity.com. First, it covers multiple, high-interest topics that one wouldn't normally consider. Just landing on the home page and browsing through what is called a "Daily Digest," I saw numerous topics I could easily see myself spending hours and upon hours exploring. For example, did you know there is a punctuation for a snarky remark? Or who are history's most evil people and why? Or did you know Madame Curry's notebooks are still radio active? Also, curiosity.com overs a broad spectrum of topics, some rather broad and yet some are rather specific. You can choose to follow a topic that interests you and you can be kept up-to-date on posts. These posts goes beyond a simple article, there are normally accompanied with a video with article main ideas linked to the bottom. Basically, you can edit the news feed on curiosity.com to meet your needs and interests. Another cool feature is that curiosity.com has a "Surprise Me" feature where you are given a random factoid. There is also a Google Chrome extension to where each you open a new tab on your browser, you will get a new tidbit of information. Also, there is a free iOS app that accompanies the website Why I think this is useful? I think all children like to learn and deep down students have a passion. Teachers just need to figure out what is it. It would be interesting to see what threads students choose to follow, and further more it will give a greater insight to see what student's interest are. Furthermore, this site is a great way for students to learn how to be curious. I believe is a misconception that students are naturally inquisitive. Often times students need to be taught how to listen to the little voice in their head that asks, "I wonder" or "why is that?" I can envision this site being used as an enrichment, a springboard activity to a new unit of study, a bell-ringer, etc. What are ways you can could use this site within your classroom? |
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