Google Forms for the Classroom

Have You Tried the NEW Google Forms?

It’s the middle of summer and the thoughts of your fall classes are just beginning to creep into your mind. Adding Google Forms to your back to school routine is definitely the way to start the year off organized.

Here are some practical ways to easily collect some information:

Open House & Orientation

During Open House and/or orientation, set up a form to collect parent information. The report can be used as documentation of parent visits and creates a current database for teachers. By adding a line for email addresses, teachers can easily set up a group to send out information throughout the school year.

Interest Inventories

There’s no better way to start the school year than to build relationships with students. Google Forms easily collect student information. Some great information to collect includes: birthdays, information about preferences for notes and learning, reactions to anger or being sad, and general stressors. For example, after sending home a student inventory one year I learned that one of my students liked being able to explain their side of the story. In other words, regardless of right or wrong, this student liked closure. That year resulted in significantly less discipline problems.

Provide Immediate Feedback

Google Forms now has a built in quiz feature, no add-ons needed.  Simply click on the gear for settings and it will be automatically changed to a quiz. There is an option for grades automatically to be sent to respondents via email. With each quiz, reports are automatically generated that allow teachers to analyze students answers. Quick and easy formative assessment with a grade. It doesn’t get any easier than this.

Technology isn’t a substitute for the magic teachers bring to the classroom, but it definitely saves time when compared to traditional practices.