Google Forms - Communication Tool Evaluation

Summary

Google Forms is part of the Google Docs collection that allows the teacher to create a survey, exit ticket, or even a mini lesson which students can complete. Then the results are organized for review, in a spreadsheet.  I see so much potential in this tool.  I want to use this mainly for exit tickets to regularly check for understanding and allow the students to submit questions concerning homework.  I can review the spreadsheet before class and that can guide my instruction for the next class.  One feature that got me super excited was the ability to include a video.  This would work great for a flipped classroom setting.  Students could watch videos at home and respond to included questions and I can adjust my lessons accordingly.  This tool will definitely benefit my proficiency based classroom in the future.

	Rating	Rubric Statement	Comments
Efficiency (teacher)	2	Teacher can use it somewhat consistently throughout the year.
User Friendly (teacher)	3	Walks you through the setup or tutorials and quick and easy.	There are good tutorials on YouTube but it takes time to learn and experiment with all the options.
Cost	3	Free!
Validity	3	High educational value	The educational value of the forms themselves, depends on the creator.
Safety	3	Privacy options	Creator can share chooses whom to share the form with.
DOK (Depth of Knowledge)	3	Effectively utilizes targeted DOK	Answer options can range from multiple-choice, ratings to short answer or paragraph form.
Monitoring Capability	3	Teacher can monitor and edit all student activity.	Results of the forms, once completed, are organized in a spreadsheet for the creator to evaluate and summarize but there is no opportunity to provide feedback through the form.
Permission (school)	3	Permitted	Part of GAFE
Student Use	N/A		I haven’t tried it yet.
User Friendly (student)	3	Students can quickly access content or desired tasks from home screen or search bar.	Students can receive the form in an e-mail, simply open the form and respond.
Student Engagement	N/A