This should be the spreadsheet published to the web. The survey itself can be enjoyed here or in the embedded version above.
As for all the ways to share, I did not take advantage of the "collaborate" feature because my co-workers are on spring break and would be alarmed to find me looking for their help on something, however, it is another cool and useful way to "share" your survey or test. This would be great for a grade level that is looking to develop common assessments or send out a common survey. Instead, I simply emailed the link to the survey to some friends and myself to take, which would probably be the best way to disseminate to parents. For students, it might be better to provide the link, although I am having a hard time imagining how to do this with first graders.... Either way, you do need to uncheck some of the preferred SU settings at the top to create a truly public document.
As for all the ways to share, I did not take advantage of the "collaborate" feature because my co-workers are on spring break and would be alarmed to find me looking for their help on something, however, it is another cool and useful way to "share" your survey or test. This would be great for a grade level that is looking to develop common assessments or send out a common survey. Instead, I simply emailed the link to the survey to some friends and myself to take, which would probably be the best way to disseminate to parents. For students, it might be better to provide the link, although I am having a hard time imagining how to do this with first graders.... Either way, you do need to uncheck some of the preferred SU settings at the top to create a truly public document.
My survey is something I can actually use, so forgive me for not asking questions that result in numbers. It is aimed at my students' parents. DreamBox is a new online math (game-based) tool that we are piloting at my school, and knowing more about how students are using it at home will be beneficial. I am also curious about the parents' feelings and how involved they are in their child's use. I am sure that if we use the tool next year, I will have additional questions, or even very different ones.
I have to say, this was a very easy tool to use. Using each type of question was a little trickier because you really need to have a certain kind of question to use a certain type of format, but I managed to twist the things I wanted to know into shapes that fit each question type. Maybe that was the fun part. The other part that was theoretically fun, but actually harder to accomplish, was to make certain answers take you to different questions (or different pages of the survey.) I thought it might happen automatically, but alas no. I finally managed it when I made each of those questions the end of the "page" which forced the user to submit the answer.
I think Google Forms lends itself to standards 2 and 3. It enables teachers to design digital age assessments that gather data that can easily be evaluated in a spreadsheet. I love that the data is automatically entered into this format by the respondents. It makes it so much more likely that the data will end up in a format that is usable. Google Forms also allows teachers to easily collaborate on the development of these types of tests or questionnaires. I can use my survey to find out from parents how effective a classroom tool is when released for use at home.
I think Google Forms lends itself to standards 2 and 3. It enables teachers to design digital age assessments that gather data that can easily be evaluated in a spreadsheet. I love that the data is automatically entered into this format by the respondents. It makes it so much more likely that the data will end up in a format that is usable. Google Forms also allows teachers to easily collaborate on the development of these types of tests or questionnaires. I can use my survey to find out from parents how effective a classroom tool is when released for use at home.
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