
Google forms are my secret weapon as a teacher. This is part one of ways I use Google Forms with my students because there are too many options to fit into one post.
My students and I have been working on a unit about stereotypes. For those of you in California, this is a module for 9th grade from the Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC). I really like the materials, except that they are not built to leverage the technology in my classroom. So, I adapt.
I've used Google Forms several times in this unit so far. The first was last week as part of a sub plan when I was attending the CUE Conference. While I was gone, my students worked in pairs to complete a SOAPSTone protocol about the article they had been reading. Way better than paper.
Then yesterday students interviewed two peers, one in our class and one not in our class, about their reactions to stereotypes on our campus. The unit plan called for students to discuss their findings with groups and make some categories for their data and then write an essay about stereotypes at our school. But, in the analog version it would be hard for students to access more data than their group could collect.
Today my students brought in their interview notes and added them to a Google Form. By having each student contribute (hopefully) two interviews we got our collective interview count up over 160. Then we use the "show summary of responses" option to view the data as bar graphs.

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Writing from their own data. |
Want a copy of a form?
Make a copy of SOAPSTone Protocol
Make a copy of Interview Data Form
See Also
What's a Google Form Good For (Part 2)
What's a Google Form Good For (Part 3)
How to Add an "entry code" to a Google Form
Classroom Library Check Out Form
Differentiation with a Branching Form
Several forms in this art project
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