Google Forms is a google app that allows you to make forms for various purposes. Forms can range from being used as RSVPs for events, feedback on an event or lesson, formal assessments/tests for students, or can even be used for planning events (sending out a form with dates for people to check off for availability). These are only just a few examples! It is very useful for gathering information and feedback from other people.
I think Google Forms best fits into Domain 3 (Instruction) of the Danielson framework for teaching because teachers can assess their students’ understanding through forms. Teachers must use questioning to further their students’ knowledge, so for instance, teachers can use forms to make short assessments for the end of class to evaluate what the students learned in class. Forms can be used for bigger tests too, so teachers can assess in instruction by monitoring student learning and encourage students to monitor and assess themselves on what they have learned. Assessments also engage the students in the task at hand (the assessment), so overall, Google Forms is helpful and fits into Domain 3 well.
I can see myself using this in the classroom because not only can I use it as an assessment tool, but as a way to get feedback from students on my lessons. Did I explain the content well? What did my students like and dislike about the lesson? What can I do as their teacher to improve my lessons for them? Do they need any extra help? What also is helpful about forms is that each response can be private, so students don’t need to be embarrassed to ask for help. Also, I could have students make forms to test their peers as an example of them creating using forms.
Google Forms relate to the 4Cs of creativity, communication, critical thinking, and collaboration through students working with forms. They can be creative and choose color themes and pictures to include on their forms, collaborate with other students to make forms and think critically about the information they want to present on forms and how (maybe a group project of making forms after a group presentation to quiz their classmates on each group’s subject), and communicate their ideas effectively through the information displayed in the forms they make. Google Forms can also relate to the ISTE Standards for students because students can be creative communicators by making forms themselves. They are working on portraying information they have learned in new and creative ways to them by making forms.
Take a peek at my work on an exit ticket below!