It's the start of the term and your physical and Google Classrooms are set up and ready for students to enter and for learning to commence. While students simply walk into your physical classroom, in your virtual classroom, students must join the class from a computer or a mobile device. As mentioned in the Preface, Google Classroom excels in classrooms where computers or mobile devices are readily available. Furthermore, students will use the tool more frequently if it is accessible on their own personal devices. If your school lends devices to students on a one-to-one basis, those devices may also need to be set up. Being the teacher, you may need to guide a class of students with different types of computers, tablets, and smart phones to install software and apps and set up Google Classroom. This chapter provides instructions for several types of devices. We will explore various methods of inviting students into a Google Classroom...
Teaching with Google Classroom
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Teaching with Google Classroom
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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
Free Chapter
Getting to Know Google Classroom
Inviting Students to Their Virtual Classroom
Sending Your First Announcement
Starting an Online Discussion with Questions
Handing out and Taking in Assignments
Grading Written Assignments in a Flash
Google Forms for Multiple Choice and Fill-in-the-blank Assignments
Keeping Parents in the Loop
Customizing to Your Subject
Customer Reviews