1. Going Paperless: Using Google Forms to Improve Academic Vocabulary
By: MaryLynn Patton, Ed.D.
ESOL Faculty
El Centro College

2. Why read outside the classroom?
Extensive reading outside the classroom is vital to vocabulary building in context (Brown & Lee, 2015).
Not only does it build reading comprehension (Chang & Millett, 2017), but it also increases learner motivation (Anderson, 2014; Filice & Sturino, 2002).
This increase in reading comprehension is often associated with learners’ knowledge of academic vocabulary (Sibold, 2011).

3. Why read outside the classroom?
This lesson focuses on vocabulary and summary development in areas familiar to the students (Chang & Millett, 2017) allowing the learners to advance their skills beyond readings that regularly occur in the classroom (Brown & Lee, 2015; Grabe & Stoller, 2001).

4. Why add technology?
Incorporating technology into lessons is a great way to maintain engagement and increase students’ technology skills (Kern, 2006).

5. Tracking the submissions via google forms is a great way to incorporate technology into the class in a meaningful way.

6. This demonstration will focus on using google forms within a lesson for a reading development class while using extensive reading.

7. Design of Demonstration
I will explain how to use google forms within a comprehensive lesson to help learners improve their reading/vocabulary comprehension
You will practice creating using the google form both as a teacher and a student
I will share feedback and technology tips from the teacher and student perspective.

8. The lesson
Read an article (newspaper or peer-reviewed) outside of class.
Each student finds their own depending on their area of interest
Complete for a submission:
One paragraph summary of the article
One paragraph reaction to the article
5 new vocabulary words
Present ONE of the articles (summary and reaction) to the class focusing on oral summary phrases

9. Lesson Plan Assignment
Evaluation Rubric
Oral Summaries Handout

10. Say NO! to paperwork 6-8 times a semester X 15-24 students
= submissions
submissions X 2 pages each
= 180 – 384 pages
EACH SEMESTER!!

11. Google Forms

12. What are Google Forms? Web based Customizable Free
Any data submitted within can be transferred to a spreadsheet to allow for easy organization

13. How Do you Do it? Sign in to Google Click “drive”
Click on the big blue “NEW” button
Click “more” Google Forms

14. Steps for Making a Form Title Edit the given sample question
Add questions you want
Save
Go to “Forms” and click view live form
Send out the live link to collect responses
View Spreadsheet

15. Link Google will give you a “short link” to email out.
Use a QR code QR Code Generator
Use tinyurl.com to create customized link

16. Sample Google Form Actual Form for Reading Class
Practice TEXtesol Form

17. Make Your Own Think of an activity that you can use google forms for
Begin creating your own questionnaire/survey
Ask at least 4 questions
Try to use as many different question types as you can

18. Tips Use Add-Ins Make the responses you’ll be grading “required”
Flubaroo: Grades your assignments for you
autoCrat: responses to students and creates form letters to respond with
Make the responses you’ll be grading “required”
Remind students when assignments are due
Check responses/spreadsheets often

19. Student Feedback Love it! My vocabulary has improved greatly!
They appreciate that they can turn it in on their time because its not due at the beginning of class.
One student said it was a lot of work at first, but by the end of the semester he thanked me for the help with improving his vocabulary and for increasing his technology use.

20. Thank you!!