It is no secret that I love Google Forms. Paul Murray and I frequently share our love of this easy to use data collection tool with our teachers and others around the state, like in this presentation from miGoogle 2013. One of the problems I have with data collection, however, is what to do with all the information, and make it manageable, once you have it collected. I often look at spreadsheets full of Form responses and wonder, "There are 200 responses here! How am I going to make sense of all this?" Thankfully, there are some really amazing add-ons and tools that, with little effort on the users part, can make the data come alive. Tool #1: Add-on - autoCrat As a teacher, I collect information from my students/families every year. Information such as names, parents/guardians names, preferred email address, preferred phone number, best way to contact parents/guardians, etc. This information can be easily collected with a Form at open...
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