Tom Barrett from Nottinghamshire @tombarrett
has made a request for educators to help him compile a survey of blocked sites across the UK schools

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Lucy Gray @elemenous on Twitter has set up a Google forms questionnaire for educators to answer a few Qs to collect your views on Social networking and education issues.

If you want to take part in the Questionnaire, feel free to visit and fill in here

These are collating into a Google spreadsheet here… Continue

From Dean Shareski and Alec Couros @educon (Twitter) presentation

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Thanks to Free Technology for Teachers for this useful tip. Check out this link if you want to see the slideshow - wouldn't embed here

1. Make sure the first question is "student name." Otherwise you won't know who submitted which answers.
2. You can mix question types (multiple choice, short answer, paragraph) but if you have too many types and too many students, the spreadsheet can become difficult to navigate.
3. When embedding the form into a blog, make sure… Continue

If you work in ICT or Tech as it's called elsewhere, you may wish to collect information, do an audit etc and this has traditionally been done by a paper return or with one member of staff roaming the school with a laptop tapping in info.

One key process is to audit equipment and its location. This can now be done by each member of staff, in their own location through Google Forms. They simply enter the data you wish to collect and then it turns up on a Google spreadsheet for you to see.

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