Google Forms and The Election

I have no shortage of love for Google Docs, including the amazing Google Form. There are just so many potential classroom uses. I wanted to use this post to highlight just one example of how Google Forms can be used to create engaging, authentic learning experiences for students.

Students at Saucon Valley High School used Google Forms to run an election simulation and take exit polls. Government students created the election form which included an "exit poll."

After watching a debate where students presented the candidates stance on issues that had been selected by students, the entire student body was allowed to vote. Voting took place in the library with students checking in with "poll workers". Laptops were set up with the ballot/poll in full screen mode.





Statistics students worked with the government students to develop the "exit poll" questions so they would provide meaningful data that could be analyzed after all the results were in.  Google Forms provide great real time graphical results (as seen to the left and right) students will be analyzing these results to see if they can spot any trends.

What I liked best about the use of technology in this activity, is that it was incredibly easy to implement, and provided meaningful results for the students. This is a great example of how real world technologies are helping students in the classroom learn how to be the leaders of tomorrow.