This document outlines a speaking project for students in an oral skills class involving surveys on sleep habits. The project uses blended learning with tasks completed both in and outside of class. Students collaborate in Google Drive to create a survey using PollEverywhere, conduct interviews on campus, and build a Google Slides presentation. They practice their presentations and are assessed using a rubric. The goal is for students to gain experience with online tools like Google Drive while developing public speaking skills through a collaborative project.

3. DEMONSTRATION—
A Speaking Project
with PollEverywhere,
Google Slides, and
Google Drive
Christine Bauer-Ramazani
Saint Michael’s College,Vermont, USA
cbauer-ramazani@smcvt.edu
The Colombo Symposium 2017:
Teachers are IN: 75 years of INnovative,
INclusive, and INspiring teaching
URL for this presentation:
http://bit.ly/CCA-2017-
speaking-project

4. 1. Who needs/wants to store/access files online?
2. Who has worked with
• PollEverywhere
o On the computer
o On a mobile device
• Google Slides
• Google Drive
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5. Context for the project
• Unit topic: Sleep Habits
• Students: 8 students in a high-intermediateOral Skills class
– Class met MWF, 1:15-3:15 pm (6 hours/week)
– 2 Chinese, 1 Swiss (French speaker), 5 Japanese
• End-of-unit project topic: Campus Survey on Sleep Habits
• Expected outcomes:
– Creation of a short survey using a survey app—5 questions
– Conducting the campus survey on mobile phones in teams of 2/3 students &
recording the interviews
– Creating a slide show of 6-10 slides
– Presenting for 6-8-minutes as a team
• Length of time until completion of project: 1 ½ weeks
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6. What you/the students need
laptops smartphones apps
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7. APPS
Android: Apple/iOS: Windows:
GarageBand for iOS Voice Recorder
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8. Who has heard of
1. BLENDED LEARNING
2. FLIPPED LEARNING or the FLIPPED
CLASSROOM?
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9. The Process:
Team collaboration in
Google Drive folders on
tasks
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10. Team collaboration
in Google Drive
folders on tasks:
GROUP PROJECT:
Campus Survey on
Sleep Habits
BLENDED LEARNING
IN-CLASS OUT-OF-
CLASS
(FLIPPED
LEARNING) 10

11. 1. SURVEY QUESTIONS: Student pairs
composed 5 questions to ask students,
staff, and faculty on campus about their
sleep habits.
2. Class agreed on final form of survey
questions.
BLENDED LEARNING
IN-CLASSTASKS
Team 2:
Bruce /
Koki
Question 1:What is your role on campus?
2.What is your age range?
3.How many hours of sleep do you get on
weekdays?
4.On average, how many hours of sleep do you
get on the weekends?
5. How do you feel when you get up?
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12. 1. Students downloaded FREEVOICE
RECORDER APPS to their phones.
2. Students wrote a script for the
interview:
a. What to say to interviewees--who you
are
b. What you want
c. What will be done with the results
BLENDED LEARNING
OUT-OF-CLASS
TASKS (FLIPPED
LEARNING)
TEAM MEMBERS SCRIPT
Team 1:
Momoko /
Amandine
Excuse me. We are Intensive English Program students
learning about sleep habits. We would like to ask you some
questions about your sleep habits. We are going to compare the
results and make a presentation in class.
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13. 1. Configuring PollEverywhere and Google
Slides on the students’ LAPTOPs
• Links on Google Drive doc: sign up for
PollEverywhere on your computer (free),
then
– Click “I’m presenting.”
– Create an account by filling in the information (first name, last
name, email address, password phone #).
– Log into your account.
– Click CREATE to create a survey.
– Use “multiple-choice” format.
– Click “Edit” and “Assign activity to a group” and title the
project (changing it from “ungrouped”).
– Put your questions into PollEverywhere.
– On the CONFIGURETAB, select, on the right side, for "Each
person may respond" "as many times as they like".
– Click theTEST tab (top right) and click activate to publish to
PollEv.com/username.
– Click “Create”.
– When finished, click “PresentationView” and click “activate”.
BLENDED LEARNING
IN-CLASSTASK:
PollEverywhere
on laptops
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14. 1. Downloading the PollEverywhere APP to
the phones and configuring it for the
survey.
– Click the appropriate link below.
BLENDED LEARNING
IN-CLASSTASK:
PollEverywhere
on smartphones
PollEverywhere for iPhone
PollEverywhere forAndroid
PollEverwhere APK forWindows Phone
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15. 1. URLs for teams‘ survey questions
posted to Google Doc
2. Practicing the script with the team
member.
BLENDED LEARNING
OUT-OF-CLASS
TASKS (FLIPPED
LEARNING)
TEAM MEMBERS URL on PollEverywhere
Team 1: Momoko /
Amandine
https://pollev.com/momokokusano877?_ga=1.72392275.1
315761049.1491851390
Team 2:
Bruce / Koki / Kiriha
https://pollev.com/surveys/oyTZdlzKF?_ga=1.13664631.11
65797320.1492017347
Team 3: Kiriha / Alan PollEv.com/surveys/YIDULpxhp
Team 4: Yui / Mayuka https://pollev.com/surveys/Z3THLzcKh?_ga=1.260425934.
2128619132.1491851219
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16. • Surveys on campus: 5 students, 5 staff, and
5 faculty: There should be no duplication. In
other words, teams should not be asking the
same students, staff, or faculty. Please go to
these locations -- link to Campus map
BLENDED LEARNING
IN-CLASSTASKS FACULTY
Survey
STAFF
Survey
STUDENT
Survey
Team 1: Momoko /
Amandine
St. Edmund’s Hall -- third
floor (various
departments)
Founders Hall -- 1st
floor (Registrar,
Administration)
roommates
Team 2:
Bruce / Koki /
Kiriha
St. Edmund’s Hall -- first
floor (ALD)
Klein Building
(Career
Development)
room/housemates
Team 3: Alan St. Edmund’s Hall --
second floor (various
departments)
Alliot Hall -- 1st floor roommates
Team 4: Yui /
Mayuka
Cheray Science -- third
floor (Biology)
Durick Library -- 1st
floor
roommates
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17. Configuring PollEverywhere for Google Slides on
the students’ LAPTOPs
• add PollEverywhere to Google Slides in
Chrome
• Inserting the poll results into Google Slides or PowerPoint
Option 1: GOOGLE SLIDES
– You already added PollEverywhere to Google Chrome above
(Step 4 above).
– Go to Google Slides and click PollEverywhere in the top menu
bar.
– Click Insert > Poll. Find the poll you want.
– Put a checkmark in all boxes and click INSERT (see the
screenshot below).
Option 2: Inserting PollEverywhere into PowerPoint
– Download the Presenter App.
– Click the downloaded file and “Run” then “install”.
– Open PowerPoint.You will see PollEverywhere in the top menu
bar.
– Click PollEverywhere and “Insert poll.”
– The poll results will load into the slides -- one question per
slide.
BLENDED LEARNING
IN-CLASSTASKS
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18. • Surveys on campus: 5 students, 5 staff, and
5 faculty
BLENDED LEARNING
IN-CLASSTASKS
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19. • Surveys on campus: 5 students, 5 staff, and
5 faculty
BLENDED LEARNING
IN-CLASSTASKS
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20. • Surveys on campus: 5 students, 5 staff, and
5 faculty
BLENDED LEARNING
IN-CLASSTASKS
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21. What is the next step?
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22. 1. Insert the poll results into Google
Slides or PowerPoint
2. Use of the voice recordings
3. Survey RESULTS – Post 6 sentences
per team to the shared Google doc:
• What are the highest results? Lowest
results?
• What did you find surprising?
• What do all students (faculty, staff) have
in common regarding their sleep habits?
• In what ways are the three groups
different?
BLENDED LEARNING
OUT-OF-CLASS
TASKS (FLIPPED
LEARNING)
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23. The language of surveys/charts/graphs –
team reports on their homework in the
shared Google doc
• what/how to report results
• how to discuss data on slides
• Interesting examples/anecdotes
BLENDED LEARNING
IN-CLASSTASKS
Team 1:
Momoko /
Amandine
1. Almost all professors are in the age range of 51 years old or above.
2. The man who works in the “Cafe” doesn't work directly for St Michael’s College.
He works for another company which have a contract with the college.
3. Faculty and staff would have chosen different hours of sleep in the weekdays
and weekends. They would have chosen between 7 and 8 hours of sleep.
4. On average, many people sleep about 2 hours longer on weekends than
weekdays.
5. Faculty and staff feel well-rested when they get up in the morning. Just students
feel sleepy or tired in the morning.
6. Everyone was really open to participate for the survey. It was challenging for us
but very interesting.
7. We met a geography professor who told us that one of his brother lives in Japan
in Momoyama and “momo” means peach. Also the same meanings g as Momoko.
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24. CREATING SLIDES on Google Drive –
INSTRUCTIONS on Google Doc GROUP PROJECT:
Campus Survey on Sleep Habits
1. Access the slides for your team on the shared Google
Drive folder.
2. Create a cover slide (first slide). Cover slides should always
have these items:
– The title of the project
– The names of the team members (first and last name)
– The course
– The institution
– The session (Spring 2, 2017)
3. Choose a background for your slides (slide > Change
theme). Keep colors consistent.
4. Choose font sizes and contrasting font colors. Keep font
sizes and colors consistent.
5. Create 5 more slides:
– Cover slide
– Overview slide
– 2-3 Content slides
– Conclusion slide
– Thank you! Questions? slide
BLENDED LEARNING
OUT-OF-CLASS
TASKS (FLIPPED
LEARNING)
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25. Discussion: Key Points for Effective
Presentations--Effective Presentations
– notes
– Body language
– Speaking: pronunciation, volume
– Fluency/rhythm (stress, intonation)
– Team work: contributions, transitions between
slides and the next speaker
– PRACTICE,
PRACTICE,
PRACTICE
BLENDED LEARNING
IN-CLASSTASKS
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26. 1. Prepare notes (NO SENTENCES) for
your presentation.
2. Vocabulary preparation:
1. Put stress marks on the important words.
2. Check the pronunciation in the dictionary
app and practice the vocabulary out loud.
3. Practice your presentationTHREETIMES!
Time limit: 6-8 min.
4. Assessment: See the Team Presentation
Rubric .
BLENDED LEARNING
OUT-OF-CLASS
TASKS (FLIPPED
LEARNING)
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27. PRESENTATIONS
BLENDED LEARNING
IN-CLASSTASKS
1.What is your role on campus?
2.What is your age range?
3. How many hours of sleep do you get on
weekdays?
4. On average, how many hours of sleep do
you get on the weekends?
5. How do you feel when you get up?
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28. PRESENTATIONS
BLENDED LEARNING
IN-CLASSTASKS
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29. PRESENTATIONS
BLENDED LEARNING
IN-CLASSTASKS
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30. Thank you for
participating!
Christine Bauer-Ramazani
Saint Michael’s College,Vermont, USA
cbauer-ramazani@smcvt.edu
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URL for this presentation:
http://bit.ly/CCA-2017-speaking-project