Google Forms

Currently, I am preparing for my professional development sessions in February.  As I put my presentations together I am trying to be less "presenty" and more "teachery".  What does that mean exactly?  Well, I don't know about you, but my least favorite presentations are the ones where I am talked to/at for an hour and then leave feeling disconnected from the information presented.  That is the worst.  Instead, I want to create a fun and interactive lesson like I would for my students -- only this time it is for adults.  

There is some danger in what I am trying to do because an interactive approach tends to have more moving pieces which, in turn, means that there is a lot that could go wrong.  It would be a lot easier for me, as the presenter, to jam a bunch of information down your throat and save the last 10 minutes for questions.  Maybe roll through some PowerPoint slides and just beat you to death with knowledge.  There is not necessarily anything wrong with that approach and, depending on what you are covering, it may be the best approach.  However, that does not work for me as a person/student and I am sure that it does not work for many of you. 

In the process of being more "teachery", I am dutifully building and multi-phase lesson utilizing online collaborative response forms.  Sounds pretty "techie" and complicated doesn't it?  In reality, what I am really doing is slapping together some exit tickets to gather some quick data on whether or not I bombed.  I hope I don't bomb.  

Check out the embedded video for more information on how to use Google Forms to create exit tickets.