Use Google Classroom to build relationships, provide more students a voice, and choice. Technology provides opportunities that are difficult or impossible to recreate with traditional paper methods. However, paperless is not a pedagogy. Being paperless does not improve learning. Use paper when appropriate and extend learning opportunities with digital resources when appropriate. Taking paper tasks and making them digital (ie: writing on a PDF worksheet) does not improve learning and can be worse for learning since it was designed for paper. Use paper for paper tasks. Use technology to do what paper can not do.
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New Google Classroom Videos In Fall 2018 Google Classroom updated the interface to make the Classwork page the prominent focus. Check out these 32 videos
Google Classroom allows for teachers to easily engage students of all ages with digital tools. Sometimes I am asked if Google Classroom can be used
Google Classroom: Extend the Due Date for Some Students We have all been in a situation where a student has a legitimate reason for needing
What I do know, even if I’m a Beginner in Tech, is that it really takes a willingness to learn to continue to grow.
Thank you to Matt Miller (@jmattmiller) for creating this graphic. Use DriveSlides to Review Student Images One thing I ask students to do is to
I was asked on Twitter what the very first activity 6th graders might do when introducing Google Classroom. There is no “right” answer to this
Are you measuring engagement or compliance? Either way, what information can we get from Google Classroom to help us better engage students.
The answer is always a spreadsheet! The question is how can I show my students’ missing scores and progress reports from Google Classroom?
Tie Dye Your Google Classroom Header In Google Drawing and Google Slides you can now customize the gradient to create a “tie dye” effect. Use
Google Classroom is a great companion for classes that are using an LMS. Examples of popular LMS’s: Schoology, Edmodo, Haiku, Canvas, Moodle or Blackboard. Google
It’s sweet to add hashtags to Google Classroom. This will allow you to gain better insights into student performance. Break it down by class, classes, groups, or individual students. Use the assignment tags report at schoolytics.com to analyze student performance.
Not only have they added Google Forms to the filter, you can now easily add your Jams from Jamboard to Google Classroom.
Quickly Export Your Class Roster from Google Classroom A simple class roster is something all teachers need. Google Classroom is great but getting a simple
View Student Documents in Google Apps One of the best new features of Google Classroom is the new feedback tool. When you click on students
Search for Google Classroom Assignments across classes. SHARE Google Classroom assignments with anyone. Alice Keeler shows you how to make it EASIER to search for assignments you previously used in Google Classroom.
Ask Students to “View Your Work” On the Classwork page students will see a “View your work” icon at the top. This brings them to
Google Classroom Private Comments Makes Learning Better Private Comments in Google Classroom are hands down the best thing I’ve done as a teacher. I prioritize
Google Classroom has updated since this post. Many elements of this are similar but there is no longer an About Tab for students to locate
Make Feedback Actionable You stayed up all night writing feedback comments on a kids paper. You’re an awesome teacher and a good human being BUT
Create a List of Your Assignments in Google Classroom Every year is a new opportunity to be better than you were last year. This is
Finally! Schedule to Multiple Classes in Google Classroom. Set the time and date for each section to appear in your Google Classroom as you post assignments.
Note: These features are rolling out over the next several weeks. You may not see all of them right away. For Fall 2015, Google Classroom
I am obviously a big fan of Google Classroom. No product or platform is perfect and it takes time to add new features. Here are
If you use Google Classroom you can call on students randomly from within the Google Classroom App. Mobile App This works only on your phone
Google Classroom recently added the feature where you can move a post to the top. This kind of allows you to reorganize the stream. In
Assign an Assignment to Multiple Classes at Once Do you teach multiple sections of the same class? You can assign to more than one class
When creating an assignment in Google Classroom and attaching documents you have 3 choices for how to attach the file. View, Edit or Make Copies.
I love using Google Classroom. It solves the sharing permissions problem when using Google Docs and makes it so easy for me to find all
At ISTE 2025 Google announced over 30 new features. Here is my top 5.
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