Today we've had a deep, but very quick dive, into google forms, google maps and google sheets.
I'm pretty comfortable with using google forms & have previously used this app. I've recently made the shift to google sheets from excel & have been using basic features for my own purposes of data analysis. My new learning today was pivot tables. These will be useful for organising data in different ways - particularly if there are selected points of interest to analyse & interpret.
I'd never used MyMaps before. We completed some simple exercises of pinning locations, using the measuring tool & uploading data from a google form database to the map. The teachers in our group may find a fun use for this with their classes. As for me, maybe I'd use it for tracking or measuring personal travel. Time will tell.
Here's the map I created. The pins show my DFI colleagues best holiday destinations. I've also pinned my school.
After lunch, we took a look at children's blogs and how the data from posts and locations etc can be analysed and displayed. I looked at a student from Point England School's blog post data. The graph below, that I created on google sheets, shows the monthly data thus far. From looking at this graph you can tell that this student took part in the Summer Learning Journey - he had 29 blog posts in January - a very impressive effort for the young fella!!
I'm going to have a go at adding some gadgets - the first being my fellow DFIers blog urls.
Let's see how this works out.
I'm pretty comfortable with using google forms & have previously used this app. I've recently made the shift to google sheets from excel & have been using basic features for my own purposes of data analysis. My new learning today was pivot tables. These will be useful for organising data in different ways - particularly if there are selected points of interest to analyse & interpret.
I'd never used MyMaps before. We completed some simple exercises of pinning locations, using the measuring tool & uploading data from a google form database to the map. The teachers in our group may find a fun use for this with their classes. As for me, maybe I'd use it for tracking or measuring personal travel. Time will tell.
Here's the map I created. The pins show my DFI colleagues best holiday destinations. I've also pinned my school.
After lunch, we took a look at children's blogs and how the data from posts and locations etc can be analysed and displayed. I looked at a student from Point England School's blog post data. The graph below, that I created on google sheets, shows the monthly data thus far. From looking at this graph you can tell that this student took part in the Summer Learning Journey - he had 29 blog posts in January - a very impressive effort for the young fella!!
I'm going to have a go at adding some gadgets - the first being my fellow DFIers blog urls.
Let's see how this works out.
Great going Perky!! Going to use the map and look see where everyone favourite destinations are...then find some PD there and suggest we go! Like you I also can see the benefits of the google forms and think they would be great to use with our more senior classes! Only one more DFi to go before the exam...am sure you will do well as you seem to be able to confidently do most digital things!
ReplyDeleteA blog every day in the holidays -or just about. Good graphing
ReplyDeleteKia ora Perky,
ReplyDeletePivot tables is the next level - good on you. They do make accessing and analysing data easier.
Looking forward to seeing the gadget added onto your blog.
Cheryl
Love the 3D graph work, very nice! Good luck with your gadgets.
ReplyDeleteThanks for drying the dishes! Always some quality conversation in that petite kitchen.
Kia ora Perky,
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy your upbeat blog posts.
Glad you made the shift to google sheets. I find that with add ons you can do anything you could do previously in excel. And you have the sharing functionality; so much easier than multiple versions.
I like that someone put Israel in the holiday destination map. A fascinating place. We will have to compare notes at some point.
Regards,
Maria