Data Analysis and Collection

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFFxUlhjNFI4NmtTYlVFY3NyUnpkM1E6MA

Part I: About the Station

Station 6: Language Arts - Persuasive Speaking Survey

It was kind of difficult to work on this in a group setting, but Sarah Beck, Kelsey Lauter, and I worked together to some extent, though we all have different actual projects. The project to was practice persuasive speaking, with a construction project on Bypass 45/46 as the topic. Each of us created our own survey and had others answer it for us.

Part II: Your Work

We were asked to create a Google form survey to ask about how people would be affected by construction on Bypass 45/46 (see screenshots above). Students would then create a persuasive speech using the information that they were furnished by the survey to back up their position.

Part III: What did you think?

Personally, though I appreciated the opportunity to learn how to create a Google form, I thought that this activity felt like busy-work. Though I'm a student in Bloomington, I'm from northern Indiana, so construction in Bloomington wouldn't really affect me very much. As a student, I like that the project is relevant to real life and could actually be useful for either proponents or opponents of the proposed construction. As a teacher, I would like the opportunity to have students learn a new digital tool (Google forms) and to use a real-life issue as the base for their speeches. As a teacher, it might be difficult to get students interested in this issue, especially if they are ninth graders who can't drive yet. It was interesting that this proposal has been in the works since the 70s and that those in charge are taking it so seriously. It was also nice to learn how to create a Google form.