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Google Forms Bonanza!

3/23/2019

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     This might have been my favorite week in 702.  Google Forms! I have been really excited to see if I can harness the power of Google Forms.  This week, I feel like I have barely scratched the surface. I initially considered myself to be beginner/intermediate, and quickly realized that I’m totally a beginner after all the readings this week.  In fact, I hadn’t even realized that add-ons even existed for Google Forms!
     Last semester, I created a Google Form for parents to use as a daily log for when they spent time with their child on a specific academic activity.  While I thought that I had created response choices that would yield clear quantitative data that would be easy to analyze--I didn’t. Once I had all of the data in front of me, I realized that I had to change my plan for analyzing the data.  I learned my lesson about carefully thinking through every step in the creation of a form.
     The great thing about this week’s homework is that I was able to use the resources in the iCare to create Google Docs that would solve a few problems in three different areas just in time:  my action research, Touro collaboration work, and my work as a site academic specialist.
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     For my next cycle of action research, I’ve been thinking about using gamification of letter/sound learning as a way for older siblings to be tutors to their kindergarten brothers/sisters.  I will make a variety of printable alphabet games and teach our 3-5 grade students how to play with their younger siblings to help them learn alphabet letters and sounds. I will need a way to keep track of these printable games, and used the CheckItOut Add-on to create this Alphabet Game Check In/Check Out Form.  Now I will be able to rotate the games easily by being able to see who has already had certain games and which ones they haven't checked out yet.
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     While I was creating the Check In/Check Out form for my alphabet games, I was trying to use the Remind App to text my classmates (Julie, Jennifer, and Natasha) about finding a time to meet regarding our upcoming group assignment.  I realized that polling people about when they are available for group meetings is something I often need to do. So I created a Google Form called “Group Assignment Initial Meeting” and sent the link to my group members on Remind! I used checklists to offer days and times to meet, and the form showed me the most popular responses.  They filled it out and within 5-10 minutes, we knew when we were all available to meet. Since I might want to use parts of this form again, I got the add-on called “FormRecycler.” This add-on allows you to take specific questions from different forms you’ve used and recycle them onto a new form, rather than having to copy the entire form again.  Nice!
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     Finally, I considered my upcoming focus at school: CAASPP prep.  At our staff meeting, my principal and I would like to create a brainstorm of ideas from teachers about how they prepare their students for CAASPP in advance, and on the day of testing.  We also want to gather any online resources they might use so that it can be shared and other teachers can benefit. Matt Miller suggested the use of Google Forms as a way for staff to share ideas about PD, so I applied this topic and created “Staff Share: Test Prep Ideas and Resources.”  I think we will get more input using this form, versus the usual “please add to this Google Doc if you have any ideas…” I really wanted to find an add-on that would populate the responses onto separate Google Docs for each question, but DocAppender makes you use checkbox responses, while I wanted paragraph responses.  Anybody know of another way to try?
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Rafael Garcia Avila
3/23/2019 10:32:22 pm

I loved and enjoyed reading your blog and how you used forms to create useful informational data driven forms. Your tone in your blog tells me that you are very excited about this topic, homework and making. I also loved doing this assignment. I am not done with my forms but it has been a great experience, an exponential learning curve and a very exciting time growing my toolbox. As you, I thought I was at the intermediate level too and little did I know. I was a novice not even a beginner. Great blog Jona!

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Natasha Engering-Ward link
3/24/2019 12:59:20 am

Hi Jona - great blog post! I too like you realized that I had barely even scratched the surface with google forms - I had no idea about the add-ons available either and am excited to investigate. It's really great that get to check out these tools and then swap ideas with each other so that we all get to benefit! Having read your blog post I am now going to look into the FormRecyler - I was already wondering how you might copy questions from one google form to another, but figured you probably had to do it manually. Thanks for the great resource!

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Scott Marsden
3/24/2019 12:16:43 pm

Jona,
You're on fire with Google Forms! Once you go down the rabbit hole, or take the red pill, there's no going back. So many possible uses for Forms. Thank you for sharing the FormRecycler Add-On; I had never heard of that one. Sounds similar to the feature in Google Slides that lets you import slides from different slide decks in your Google Drive.
I wonder if FormMule is what you are looking for, or Sheet to Doc or Doc to Sheet are what you are looking for?
You blog is an example of what 702 is for, what the whole Innovative Learning program is for, taking what you learn and applying it to your practice.

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Monica Knecht
3/24/2019 02:07:02 pm

I am on the same page with you and using these forms for staff communication and input. I actually started creating one for our end of year staff party. We have always gone to Compadres and now they are out of business. According to me and some of the staff this is a top priority. I started to make a list of other options to go to after the 5th grade promotion ceremony. Google Forms is great and there really are a lot of options. Don't you wish we had this class in the first semester? It could have added so much value to our Action Research.

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Brandon DeJesus
3/24/2019 10:10:04 pm

Hey Jona,

After creating my google forms for this weeks homework I felt like I was only scratching the surface of what was available to me. There is a world of add-ons to explore and it can quickly become overwhelming, feeling like we have to master all of the tools immediately. I love the google forms that you created and I see how useful they can be in your role. I also love that you went cross curricular, practical application and addressed a need for the 791 class with skills learned in the 702 class! Good job, as always!

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Jennifer Perkins
3/24/2019 10:32:54 pm

Hi Jona, I really liked reading about your different ideas for Google Forms! I was one of your group members that benefited from using your Google Form to find a time that worked for all four of us. That was such a quick, easy way to find a time that worked for everyone. I could definitely see using this type of Google Form with the staff, or with an academic team that needs to find time to meet. I also like the idea of using a Google Form for your staff to share ideas and resources with one another.

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