Google Docs and Forms are terrific tools for teaching!
Did you know that each ASU instructor and student get unlimited space on our ASU Google Drive (requires login with your ASURITE@asu.edu account)? It's a great way to share files and collaborate. Three words specifically describe why you should use Google Drive, Efficiency, Collaboration, and Engagement.
Google Docs are documents that can be shared with your students. There are a number of ways to use them to engage your students. You can have specific students be required to take notes for the class, or build a study guide for exams. Student teams can share a document, and you can leave comments, or start a 'chat' while everyone synchronously is working on it. Google Docs are also easy to publish to the web for quick and fast websites.
Google Forms are a survey tool that can be used for getting quick feeback from students. You could set them up for "Bell Ringer" activities, like "Ticket In/Out" activities. It's a great way to get students to reflect on homework or the class take-aways. You can use them as a rubric for presentations that allows peers to evaluate each other and give feedback. They can even be set up for adaptive mini-quizzes.
Our Workshop had participants build and share documents, create forms with branching questions and test out some of the new "Add-Ons" for Google apps. We also shared a template for Google Sites that downloads everything you need to host a conference, and a template for Google Sheets that is a random name generator for making sure you call on all your students equally.
Check out the resources below for some more engaging ideas, and don't forget to sign up for our Spring Workshops and Webinars!
Resources:
- Video Tutorial to create a Rubric with Google Forms
- Step-by-Step Guides for our workshop assignments: Google Forms, Google Docs, Google Sites
- Slide Presentation
- Google Drive Basics Handout
- Google ChromeStore: https://chrome.google.com/webstore
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