Digital
learning has revolutionised the way teachers do business within the education.
Moreover, the teachers now have the ability to plan, teach, and even communicate
in a more effective and efficient manner.
One
of the most prestigious
advancements that have enabled such kind of change is the Google Classroom. If you’ve
never used the Google
Classroom, here are the 9 useful things you
can do with Google Classroom.
1. Creating A Lesson
It
is not limited to assigning work to the students
only. It also allows you to create an assignment through including a
description and attaching multiple documents,
videos, and links. This enables you to put the whole assignment at a single
place.
2. Making Class Announcements
Google
Classroom provides you with the place towards posting
the announcements. Unlike a website having single way communication, students are allowed to comment back to the
announcements.
3. Going Digital
With
the help
of Google Classroom, you don’t need to
collect and pass out the paper anymore. You can assign students with a blank
Google Doc or utilise a template
that your students will fill out. It also allows
you to create a copy of each student and send them directly to turn it in.
4. Simplifying The Turn In Process
While
utilising
Google Docs, most often students forget to change the settings of sharing their
work. Google Classroom has eliminated this issue
by simply placing the doc file into the Google Drive
of the teacher as well as the students on the meantime.
Students
are required to simply “turn in” within the Google Class in order to indicate
the teacher that they are ready to have their work
assessed.
5. Privacy Protection
Despite just creating
a global folder sharing with all of the students in the class, Google Classroom
restricts access to the documents to the teacher and the individual student.
6. Collaboration Of Class
While
sharing
a document, teachers are able to choose if the students
can view the document or can edit it. Creating a
document and providing all the students in the class access to edit
that same document allows every student to contribute their piece to a class
project.
7. Making Discussion
A
Google Spreadsheet
can use for gathering the opinions of the students on the topic of discussion.
Moreover, the ability to have multiple
tabs allows for multiple discussion questions.
However,
sharing a single spreadsheet with the students in order to provide them with
the access for inviting all of them to one
place allows each
student to share their views in the discussion.
8. Capturing The Mid Process
One
of the most crucial things in the relationship between a student and a teacher
is to get away from evaluator and focus on being a coach to your students.
Google Classroom allows you to put the work of all the students into a single
folder that can be accessed through Google Drive.
While
students are in the middle of working on their assignment or a project,
teachers are allowed to access their assignments or projects and add their
comments in order to guide the students throughout the process that can help
them in enhancing their work.
9. Assignment Evaluation
While
an assignment or a project is placed to the Google Classroom, the students are
allowed to share their views on it. Students are no longer required to wait in
the queue for asking any question.
This
transcends the wall of the class that allows the students to ask their question
outside the class. However, when the teachers post their responses it is shown
to all of the students.