Collecting Student Work (or even feedback) via Google Forms
One of my favorite things about Google
Forms is that the amount of class-work related things that it can automate for
me. I’ve used them for quizzes, beginning of the year surveys, to collect web
addresses, and much more. One of my favorite things to do with them is to
collect student ideas and work.
As a teacher of Advanced Placement Language
and Composition students, I was collecting a large amount of written work
daily. I wanted students to be able to share this written work amongst their
classmates in an organized fashion, without doing the old-fashioned “Pass your
notebook to your neighbor” process (not that it’s bad practice, but it never
really allowed for full class discussion and it meant uncontrolledly sharing
their private thoughts with the person who is next to them – some would even
refuse). Then I discovered a way that the class could collaborate in small
groups and present their ideas to everyone, controlling what they share and
doing it all in a very safe environment. *Note: This was used as I was teaching
students how to collaborate in small groups and then contribute as a group to a
larger discussion as well as laying out my expectations for their reading
journals.
In Forms, I created a quick input form
for students to use as they were collaborating in small groups. They would
compare their work as a small group and fill out the form according to their
shared consensus.
The input on the form is populated into a
spreadsheet, which was displayed in front of the class on the projector. We
could then spend time working through each entry to discuss the content as well
as the thoroughness of the entry according to the expectations for the class.
This gave students a strong voice, since they had the support of their
classmates behind their work, as well as concrete examples of what is expected
of their work for my class.
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