Final Project

My problem: I have to buy all my own copy paper for my classroom. I would like to cut down on the amount of paper I use by using online survey tools to take formative and summative assessments.  I'm also interested in cutting down the amount of time I spend grading, so if these tools are able to help me with that I would love it!

Online Survey Tools

In the world of online survey tools you have several free options as well as paid options.  Since I am a teacher and funds are limited I was only interested in exploring the free options.

The most popular tool is Survey Monkey.

When you create a survey using this software your survey cannot be longer than 10 questions.  There are 15 different types of questions you could ask, and up to 100 people can respond to the survey.  I found that it was pretty easy to use.  The major drawback to this application is that you cannot export the data collected from the survey.

Another great survey tool I found is called Typeform or CORE Plan.

This website was so easy to use.  You can select a survey template or build your own.  There are a variety of different types of questions you could ask.  I really like the picture choice question.  For second graders this is a great way to assess.  It is also a great way to differentiate while assessing students.  A big difference between Typeform and Survey Monkey is that once you have collected data from your survey you are able to export the data.

However my favorite online survey tool was Google Forms.

Google Forms has a variety of different types of questions.  You can also add images and videos as part to your survey questions.  Additionally you can ask unlimited questions and have unlimited respondents.   The best feature of Google Forms is that is automatically collects the survey results into Google Sheets.  Since I had already set up a Google classroom, which students are familiar with logging in to it is easy to assign a survey for students to take.  While it doesn't exactly grade the form for me it allows me to see quickly what the student's responses were and analysis isn't difficult.  I was excited with how easy this application was to use, and it will solve my problem.

Within the SMAR model

This technology falls into the modification category.  These survey tools allow students to complete assessments and feedback questionnaires online instead of completing these tasks paper and pencil.  They also allow you to streamline how you collect and analyze data.