After reading “Harnessing the Power of Google Forms for Just-In-Time Teaching,” I was longing to find a way to use this with my first graders! What a simple and effective way of ensuring that the students are actually doing their “homework” in a flipped classroom.
Interestingly enough, I was just writing about that challenge as I prepare my project proposal for my capstone project. I’m trying to find a way to take advantage of the benefits of a flipped classroom with the essential nature of in-person teaching in the early primary grades. For my purposes, I believe that an in-class flip will work best, but I would absolutely use this model if I were flipping a classroom for an older grade. However, I do see myself taking advantage of the pre-assessment piece of this. While the way I’ll implement it is technology-free, it’s still an important way to see what the students know, and to frame my teaching to what the students need. From “The New Google Forms, 9 Classroom Uses,” I can see using Google Forms to store quick grades, though I generally use a printed spreadsheet on a clipboard so that I can jot down thoughts about student performance throughout the day. This could be a good way for me to compile classroom data then view it graphically, though the downside is that it’s usually easier for me to jot with a pencil than to use two hands to type. I can also see using the “CYOA” (or branching) Google Forms for a parent volunteer sheet. Parents would submit high-level information about their availability for volunteering, and then the branches would further narrow based on availability, then activity, then area of expertise. In fact, I think I’ll try this for my branching project!
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Serina
6/29/2016 06:16:48 pm
Parent volunteer forms is a great idea! Oh my, I am always trying to find a great way to get parent volunteers when I do crazy hands on experiments in my class and would like some extra eyes and hands.
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