Leveraging Google Classroom for Effective Teaching

Getting Started with Google Classroom

Importance of Google Classroom

Your Task: Read the text "Teachers Essential Guide to Google Classroom".

Using your knowledge of Google Classroom and the text "Teachers Essential Guide to Google Classroom" answer both questions below and reply to at least one other post in the discussion board.

Discussion Board Prompt:

What has been your overall experience using Google Classroom?

How has/how can the use of Google Classroom enhanced the student learning experience?

As you read your peers' responses, please engage in reflective collegial discussion by making a thoughtful connection to their post, asking a probing question, or providing a helpful suggestion.

Organizing Your Google Classroom

Organizing and Managing Your Google Classroom

Watch the video and read through "Rostering Google Classroom" document below to learn how to accept, rename, add a co-teacher to the class who is not on your PowerSchool roster.

Your Task after watch the video and Rename at least one of your Google Classrooms, take a snip, and submit the snip in the next task.

Creating Topics to Organize Your Assignments

In this task you will learn about creating and organizing topics in the "classwork" tab. Creating an organized way to post student assignments, assessments, and materials will give your students a clear understanding of your expectations and make finding tasks quicker!

Your Task:
1. Watch the video

2. In your Classworks Tab:

Create at least 2 topics
Use emojis or numbers to label your topics

Take a snip of your "classwork" tab and submit

Creating Google Classroom Assignments

Watch the videos below to learn how to create a Google Classroom Assignment.

1) Your Task after watching the video:

Create an assignment with:

a Google Doc, shared "each student will get a copy"
at least one link or YouTube video
Use emojis or numbers to label the assignment
A due date
Assigned under one of the topics you created in the last task

Take a snip of your assignment and submit

Creating Engaging Course Content

Practice Sets

Google Practice sets are a new activity that allows students the autonomy to show what they know in a variety of different subjects in different ways. In this first assignment, you will learn how practice sets are used, and how to create a new one or use material that you already have to make assignments.

Please take a moment to review the presentation below. Please be sure to watch all of the videos that are embedded to gain an understanding of how to create and use this interactive worksheet.

Your Task after reviewing the presentation below:

Create a practice set from scratch or use questions from a pdf. Please be sure that your practice set has a minimum of 4 questions.

Your Task:
Create your own Practice Set. Click the "Share Link" button in the right-hand section of the page. Share your link and include the information in the box below. Instructions for how to share the practice set are below.

Sharing Board Prompt.

Include your link.
Share your grade and subject.
Answer the following question: What was your experience creating Practice Sets? How do you see this benefitting your students? What questions do you still have?

Google Classroom Add-Ons

Google Classroom add-ons make it easy to find, add, use and grade content from popular EdTech tools, right within Google Classroom. Add-ons provide a better end-to-end experience to not only save time for educators but also simplify the digital classroom experience for students, too

Please take a moment to watch the video. Please be sure to watch all of the video to gain an understanding of these add-ons

Adobe Express - Access Adobe Express Directly from Google Classroom

Google Arts & Culture - https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/google_arts_culture/629054125733

PBS LearningMedia - https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/pbs_learningmedia/56927721273

Pear Deck - https://www.peardeck.com/pear-deck-blog/2022/8/introducing-pear-deck-add-on-for-google-classroom

Edpuzzle (Grades 7-12) - https://support.edpuzzle.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007542692

Grading, Feedback and Communication with Students and Families - Activities

Google Classroom Grading, Feedback & Communication

Your Quest: Capture and submit a screenshot of your Drive, showcasing the folders and documents you've created.

Learn how to use the grading features and provide feedback to students in Google Classroom

Learn how to effectively communicate with your students and families in Google Classroom.

- Send announcements to your entire class or privately with your students
- Tag or mention students in announcements
- Use private comments to share feedback on student assignments
- Email students and families using the People tab features.

Please take a moment to watch the videos and review the document . Be sure to watch all of the video and review the document to gain an understanding of using Google Classroom as a communication tool.

Adding Guardians in Google Classroom.pdf

Guardian Summary Sample

Google Classroom Guardian Summary

Inviting Guardians

Submit a snip showing that you have invited at least 2 guardians to the Google Classroom.

Best Practice

Google Classroom Best Practices- Discussion Board

Read the two readings below. You will be asked to post one original post and reply to at least one post in the discussion board.

Discussion Board Prompt: Through your work in this class and the readings above, how will Google Classroom help you establish clear expectations & guidelines and encourage student collaboration & teamwork?

As you read your peers' responses, please engage in reflective collegial discussion by making at least one thoughtful connection to their post, asking a probing question, or providing a helpful suggestion.

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