Geek out with Google Forms & Scripts! Katie Plunkett & Maria Lewis Charlottesville City Schools December Edmodo code: 1nbivb

Agenda: What are google forms? How can they help you in the classroom? Examples of a variety of different forms What is a script? Useful resources

What are Google forms?

Using forms in your school: Teachers: o classroom activities, data collection, assessments Administrators: o Data collection, Observations, Discipline forms, Anecdotal notes Guidance Counselors: o Data collection, completing weekly/daily forms

Creating a form: 1.Log in to your Google account & go to Google Drive. 2.Click on the Create button and choose form from the list. 3.Give your form a name and begin adding questions. 4.The form has two views: edit mode & spreadsheet mode. *Template gallery:

Here are some examples: Classroom examples: o Parent Contact form:  o States and capitals quiz:  Staff examples: o Technology survey  o Google Ninja Program: 

First Day of School activity: Use as a way to get to know your students Find out interests and ways they enjoy learning

Collect data for students to use: Data collection for Science or Math projects Collect information for your class and use in word problems Find out what your students are reading

Student response: Showing a video: Use during or after a video Students take notes and provide feedback for the teacher after class.

Data collection: Guided reading group Easy way to collect data during or after guided reading Simple record to use to refer to later

Pre-assessment for a unit: Find out what students know Use data to create research groups

Book Review & online reading record : Find out what students are reading Have a log to share with students and parents Add short answer or discussion questions to the form

Student assessments: (group & lesson) Lesson Review: o Gain feedback from students on a lesson. Group Assessments: o Have students grade themselves & their peers. Exit Ticket: o Simple assessment for students on a daily basis.

Homework & Attendance Check: Daily form to check homework, attendance, take daily grades After school program-Data collection

Classroom Examples: Administrators: Observation Form: Discipline records:

Google Flip Packs Uses Google presentations and forms to share information and see what students know.

Parent information: Collect data & information from parents when they come to school. o PTO meetings o Back to School night o Content evenings (Math Night or Science Night)

Ideas for using forms & templates: Ideas for using forms: o Tom Barrett's: 85 ways to use Google Forms  o Colette Cassinelli: Google Certified Teacher  Google Template gallery: o

What is a script? Scripts are a short code that you can include in Google apps that allows you to customize the google tools to work for you. All done from within Google.

Flubaroo: Quick & instant feedback Script that will grade assessments quickly Teachers and students like gaining feedback quickly Use for formal & informal assessments: o Exit tickets o Check for understanding o Quick feedback tool & access to data o Quiz/Tests Helpful video: o

Flubaroo example: CCS Google Ninja Program: o Staff professional development program used with quizzes for November PD. o Teachers worked through training materials and then took short quizzes. o Flubaroo script was used to grade assessments. Try it out now! o

Doctopus Written by an educator for educators, the free doctopus script gives teachers the ability to auto- generate, pre-share, and manage grading and feedback on templated Docs for group and individual projects. Start by creating a Google spreadsheet with student names and s.

formMule (aka "The Mule") An automatic calendar booking system Users add events/information to the system, notifies the manager and invites the requester to the event Used by schools for facilities management, parent teacher conferences, equipment reservations, and discipline tracking.

Google Snooze Overwhelmed by Desiring a way to prioritize messages g/2011/07/what-is-gmail-snooze- and-how-to-use-it/ Another option: Pause it!

Save Gmail Attachment Directly into Google Drive

Gmail Meter

Gmail Merge to-do-mail-merge-using-google.html

Useful Resources: Intro to Google Apps Scripts: o Google Script Developers tutorials: o Google Education OnAir Hangouts: o Google Apps YouTube channel: o Google Docs YouTube channel: o

More useful resources: edCode.org: o Open source development for educators--created by the maker of Flubaroo  youpd: o Great site with resources for online professional development and blended learning.  Phillip Martin Clip Art: o

Feel free to contact us with questions: Katie Plunkett, ITRT o Maria Lewis, Coordinator of Tech Integration o