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S The interactive classroom: Google Forms and Text Polling Elizabeth Price Jefferson Community and Technical College Downtown Library

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The interactive classroom:

Google Forms and Text PollingElizabeth Price

Jefferson Community and Technical College Downtown Library

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Goal: Increasing interaction

Make classes less lecture-driven and more interactive

Make classes more inquiry-based

Adjust to student needs

Eliminate disconnect in large lecture halls

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Clickers: The traditional tool

Primarily used “clickers” or student response systems Ensure students understand fundamental concepts Give shy students a chance to be heard Allow instructors to adapt lessons to meet student

needs Data can be stored and evaluated later to

supplement curriculum development

(“Seven Things You Should Know About Clickers”)

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Clickers: Downsides

Student response systems can be expensive to install (may run several thousand dollars)

Require students to purchase (simplest ones are about $10) But if lost, then they have to buy and register new

devices

Good questions are required for effective use

(“Seven Things You Should Know About Clickers”)

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Harnessing new tools

Google Forms Create questionnaires and have students respond

during/after lecture or as a group activity. Require computer-equipped classroom or students to

have laptops or mobile devices with internet access.

Text Polling Create multiple choice or open-ended polls that can be

answered using mobile phones. Require students to use their own phones, text messages.

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Google Forms

Part of Google Docs - a free,* Web-based software office suite. Forms-creating software Presentation software Spreadsheet software Word processing software.

Can access from any computer with internet.

Requires a Google or Gmail account.

*Free at the cost of whatever Google does with your information

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Google Forms: Introduction

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Google Forms: Classroom

Create and administer quizzes

Have students work through problems and submit answers

Poll students on lecture

Evaluations – Peer, instructor, assignment, course

Anonymous surveys

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Google Forms: Results

Delivery Can be embedded in blog or website Can be emailed to students Can use a URL shortener to give them a website

Results Can be viewed in Google spreadsheet software

(and/or downloaded to Microsoft Excel) Can be viewed in chart or graph form

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Google Forms: Try it out

Take this form survey, and we’ll look at the results: http://goo.gl/wj8Ye

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Google Forms: My applications

Reading quizzes Syllabus quiz - GEN 091

Student polling: Types of persuasion Review slideshow and vote on each type Emailed link to students

Library (or division) workshop evaluations

Staff surveys

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Google Forms: Resources

Google has many resources available to help you use Forms: Create, send, share and edit a form Page navigation and how to embed a form Add a theme to a form Collect and view form responses

This self-paces learning unit from Boise State looks at applying Google Docs in the classroom Google Docs for Educators

This handout goes over the basics of Google Forms. Handout - Collecting data using Google Docs Forms

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Text polling

Web-based student response system

Turns mobile phones into “clickers”

Requires computer, projector to see results

A couple of services available: Poll Everywhere Text the Mob

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Text polling: Classroom

Short multiple choice or open-ended quizzes

Anonymous, so can’t be tied to particular student

Can be embedded in PowerPoint or Prezi*

* I had trouble making Prezi work. PowerPoint worked successfully on my Dell.

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Text polling: Downsides

Not every student has free texting Work around: Put students in groups of two

Can take time to run smoothly

Crafting good questions is paramount

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Text polling: Service providers

Text the Mob (www.textthemob.com) Requires account Free plan:

Allows you three questions,50 responses per question Ad-supported

Pro plan ($5 per month): Allows you 10 questions, 200 responses per question No ads

Still in Beta (so changes can come to platform)

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Text polling: Service providers

Poll Everywhere (www.polleverywhere.com) Requires account Free plan:

Unlimited questions, 40 responses per question Individual plan ($15 per month)

Unlimited questions, 50 responses per question Allows you to identify users

Plans available for students ($14 per year) and educators ($399 per semester, no cost to students)

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Poll Everywhere: Introduction

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Sample question: Try it out

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Poll Everywhere: Tips and tricks

Wait until everyone is in the classroom.

Hide responses until most students have answered.

Change your instruction based on feedback

Make sure students know it’s voluntary

Remind students to put phones away afterward

(Rimland and Whiteside)

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Poll Everywhere: Resources

November Learning blog Introducing Poll Everywhere

Ohio University Libraries website Poll Everywhere video tutorial (3 parts)

MERLOT website Poll Everywhere – Peer Review

Handout from workshop Poll Everywhere Tutorial - Adelphia University

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Burkhardt, Andy, and Sarah Faye Cohen. "The Librarian Says, 'Turn Your Cell Phones On!'" Lecture. New England Library Instruction Group Conference. Lowell, MA. 3 June 2011. Information Tyrannosaur. Andy Burkhardt, 6 June 2011. Web. 20 Feb. 2012.

"Engage Your Audience." Text the Mob. Urban Interactive Studio, 2010. Web. 20 Feb. 2012.

"How Poll Everywhere Works." Poll Everywhere. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2012. Novicki, Andrea. "Instant Class Feedback without Clickers." Center for Instructional

Technology. Duke University, 21 Apr. 2011. Web. 22 Feb. 2012. Kim, Dong-gook. "Using Google Forms for Student Engagement and Learning."

EDUCAUSE Quarterly 34.1 (2011). Web. 20 Feb. 2012. Byrne, Richard. "OMG! Texting In Class?." School Library Journal 57.3 (2011): 16.

Academic Search Premier. Web. 19 Feb. 2012. "Poll Everywhere." MERLOT. California State University, 25 Oct. 2011. Web. 20 Feb.

2012. Rimland, Emily, and Alice Whiteside. "What Is Poll Everywhere?" Penn State University

Libraries. 18 Apr. 2011. Web. 22 Feb. 2012. "Seven Things You Should Know About Clickers." EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative.

EDUCAUSE, May 2005. Web. 20 Feb. 2012. "Text the Mob." MERLOT. California State University, 9 Jan. 2012. Web. 20 Feb. 2012.

Works Cited

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Contact information

Elizabeth Price Librarian/adjunct instructor Jefferson Community and Technical College,

Downtown Library [email protected] (502) 213-2142 Professional blog (will be updated with today’s

session soon): http://web2point0intheclassroom.blogspot.com/