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Google Classroom Improves Feedback Workflow Yesterday Google Classroom gave a pretty major update to the Google Classroom BETA. Now when you click on student work
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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Student Google Classroom Start Guide
Get Students Started with Google Classroom I was helping a friend set up their Google Classroom and created a Google Doc to help the students
Google Classroom: SHORTCUT to To-do
Get to the To-do List Faster One of the advantages to using an online platform like Google Classroom is it is faster to review student
Google Classroom: LMS or NOT?
I hear Google Classroom frequently referred to as an LMS. The question is…. “Is Google Classroom an LMS?” and “Can I use Google Classroom if
Google Classroom: Add a Co-Teacher
There are many reasons to have more than one teacher assigned to a Google Classroom class. Teachers who teach the same subject or grade level
5 Potential Mistakes in Google Classroom
A teacher I respect and admire, John Sowash, recently posted a blog on “5 Google Classroom Mistakes.” He has some very good points in his
Google Classroom: Reply Notifications for a Question
Reply Notifications on Ask a Question I am mostly a fan of the ask a question feature in Google Classroom. I really wish responses were
Google Classroom: Submit Screenshots
When students are doing work digitally they do not always use Google Docs. When students are using other websites to study, do research, practice, create
Google Classroom + Google Forms = Magic
It is now significantly easier to utilize Google Forms in Google Classroom. Simply attach a Form using the Google Drive attachment option when making a
Google Classroom: Self Evaluation Rubric
When assigning students projects that have a rubric, I recommend having students self-evaluate against the rubric. This helps students to make sure they have addressed
Google Classroom: Get Past View More
View All Assignments in a Topic Google Classroom is designed to be organized by topic. When you click on the Classwork tab the assignments are
Add Topics to Google Classroom
Add Topics to Google Classroom Google Classroom has some new updates for Fall 2016. You can now add topics to a Google Classroom post and
Google Classroom: Writing Assignment Directions
One thing I love about Google Classroom is it’s simplicity. Almost any teacher can be up and running with a blended classroom in 30 minutes.
Google Classroom: Submitting Collaborative Google Slides
One of the things I love being able to do with Google Slides is have all students in the class collaborate on a single Slides
Google Classroom Essentials Infographic
Google Classroom Infographic This Google Classroom essentials infographic shows some of the key items in Google Classroom. There is a lot more features this does
Google Classroom – Grade the Folder
Should we grade alphabetically? I say no. Created by Alice Keeler this Add-on helps you to grade student work from a folder in Google Drive.
Google Classroom Rubric Click the Title
Expand the Rubric to Read Description I want LESS mouse clicks and LESS mouse dragging. I was feeling really annoyed that to read the rubric
Google Classroom: Have Students Create a Google Doc
Sometimes I attach blank Google Docs to my Google Classroom assignments to help get my students started. However, students can create a Google Doc right
Impact Learning with Google Classroom
Use Google Classroom to Interact What is awesome about Google Classroom is how fast it is to get up and running. You can create a
Find Out Students’ Needs in the Private Comments
We do everything possible to fill up the tanks of our students, I wish that every eye who sees this post will also be fueled up with support, as well. You are important and what you do matters every day. Thank YOU for ALL you do.
Digital Assignments – Include a Parent Corner
Include Reflection Questions for Parents Typically when I create an assignment I create it for my students. My students know how the class is run
How to Export Your Google Classroom Rubrics
How to export your google classroom rubrics by Alice Keeler. Expert on Classroom and Google Sheets, Alice shows you how to export and share your rubrics from Google Classroom.
35 More Things You Can Do With Google Classroom
Back when I had only had a list of 35 ways to use Google Classroom I submitted a poster session proposal to ISTE. Since then
Google Classroom: Co-Teacher & Draft Assignments
Google Classroom has been updated. Some of the information in this post concerning co-teachers and draft assignments in Google Classroom is still true! However, the
Google Classroom: What do Kids do First?
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
EXCLUDE Assignments in Google Classroom
Exclude assignments from reporting in Google Classroom. You want to have more control over what gets reported to guardians and other stakeholders. Decide what to exclude from the progress report.
Google Classroom: Create an Attendance Check In and Schedule It
Every day I add a question to Google Classroom asking students to indicate their attendance. Create Question Google Classroom is designed to be organized on
Measuring Student Engagement in Google Classroom
Are you measuring engagement or compliance? Either way, what information can we get from Google Classroom to help us better engage students.
Time’s Up for Breakout Room: Google Slides Hack
When students are in a breakout room you may want to have each group have a Google Slides for them to organize their conversations and
Google Classroom: Submit a Screenshot
I have been 1:1 almost my entire teaching career. One of my go to’s is to have students take screenshots and submit them. This not only holds students accountable for what they have been working on during the period it helps me to provide help and feedback if students need it. submit a screenshot
