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Teaching with Google Classroom

By : Michael Zhang
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Teaching with Google Classroom

By: Michael Zhang

Overview of this book

Google Classroom helps teachers bring their work online. According to Google Trends, it’s already bigger than Moodle after barely a year in the wild. This book is a complete start-to-finish guide for teachers using Google Classroom for the first time. It explains what Google Classroom is, what it can do, how to set it up, and how to use it to enhance student learning while making your life as a teacher easier. It shows you how to place resources and activities online, gather assignments, and develop group and individual activities. It’s not just a manual, you’ll also discover inspiring, easy ways to put Google Classroom to work for you and your class.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Teaching with Google Classroom
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Summary


If this is the first time that you are inviting students to your virtual classroom, the steps in this chapter may appear daunting. However, through past experience, today's middle and high school students already have a proficient understanding of technology and will complete these tasks quickly. When I was teaching with Google Classroom, the setup process only took about fifteen minutes with high school students. This chapter gives you the tools for those students who have never used Google Classroom, which, as years go by, will decrease.

You are now able to install Google Chrome on Windows or Apple computers, as well as guide students through the installation of Google Classroom and other Google Apps on their mobile devices. You can display the class code to allow students to join your classes as well as manually invite or remove students as needed. Finally, you are able to e-mail students directly from Google Classroom.

This chapter recommended that you e-mail students only individually...