Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Google Docs Experience


            This week was my first time using Google forms and spreadsheet for an assignment.  In the past I have used Google docs but that was about it.  I was a little nervous at first to see how I was going to make a survey then collect all the data from that.  To my surprise the entire process of Google was super easy and fool proof, which definitely worked into my advantage. 

From the data that was collected from my survey I noticed that there was not really a trend, but I did notice that the participants who answered yes to having technology in the classroom when they attended elementary school also said they like to see technology in moderation in elementary classrooms now.  I even noticed that participants who answered no to having technology in the classroom at the elementary schools they attended would like to see technology used in the elementary school classrooms today.  The end result that I got from the data was that regardless on if there was technology used in the classroom when the participant attended, they would like to see technology used in classrooms today, but more so in moderation.  What I just described was the data I used in my graph as well, so the graph is just a visual representation of my previous description.

I can see myself using Google forms in the future for many different things, like collecting data in a classroom with an older group of students by using a survey, then using that survey to display a graph.  If the students in my classroom did not know much about graphs I could incorporate a lesson around that.  I think that Google forms has a lot to offer and the plus side of it all is that is really easy to use and it is not a long process at all (which teachers love).   
 

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