Google Classroom for Asynchronous Snow Days

Google Classroom is a free web-based platform for students and teachers to interact while online/at-home learning. Google Classroom can be accessed from any computer via Google Chrome or any mobile device.  The computer is the best. 

I will be using Google Classroom on Asynchronous Snow Days. Your child already has logged into Google Classroom in the classroom. Before you can access your child's Google Classroom you will need to create a Google account on your computer for your child.  

To do this you will need to 

• click your Google icon (which is the circle on the top right of the screen - usually it is your initials or a picture you have set)

• Then click the + Add Account button and type in your child's school email. Scroll down to Student Email Address and Google Classroom below to find your child's email address.  

• Sometimes you will need a Classroom Code to log into Google Classroom instead of the student email. Google Classroom Class Code: kssr7qm

• Once you create an account please watch this tutorial on Google Classroom.  Google Classroom for Students and Parents 

Procedures

• I will post work for the students in Google Classroom that will need to be printed out for  Asynchronous Snow Day learning. 

• You will find the post in the stream.  The stream is the first page you come to when you click on my Google Classroom. Look for the message  "Michelle Swenson posted a new assignment" in the stream.  

• Work will be turned in by students at school once we return. Please do not worry about submitting student's work through Google Classroom. I will let you know if and when this will need to be done. 

Student Email address and Google Classroom Code

Each student at SMS has an email address. They will either need their email address or the classroom code to join our Google Classroom at home. Your child's email address is the year they will graduate from SMS (2030), the first letter of their first name, their last name, and @smsch.org.  See example below.

example: 2030mswenson@smsch.org

Password: ilovesms (no spaces)

Mrs. Swenson's Google Classroom code: kssr7qm

***Please do not worry about the information below for right now. I will let you know if and when you need this information.

Google Classroom App

Parents,

Please download the Google Classroom App on your phone to take a picture of your child's work to submit a paper that was printed off. Then upload the picture to your child's Google Classroom. Make sure you join our classroom with our Google Classroom code: 3g2jlpl

Click this link to learn how to upload a picture into Google Classroom: 

Upload a Picture into Google Classroom 

SeeSaw

SeeSaw is a fun way for students to show their learning and understanding of concepts through the use of technology. Parents can get alerts when their child posts their work in SeeSaw through the SeeSaw app, which can be downloaded to your phone. Go to your App store or Play store to download the app. Just type SeeSaw. 

Please take a second and view the 2 SeeSaw links below. One link is directions on setting up SeeSaw as a student (SeeSaw Class) and as a parent (SeeSaw Family). They are two different apps. For my online/at home learners you will need a code to access your SeeSaw Class account. I will pass that along to you.  The other link is SeeSaw icons.