Benefits of using google drive in the classroom

• Google Drive and its built-in tools are free. Therefore, it does not come with extra funds that teachers may not be able to handle. So instead of buying a license for Microsoft Office tools, and paying for that year after year, teachers could just use the tools in Google Drive for free.

• Google Drive is much easier to use and comes with a number of intuitive features that make even fresh users navigate through it easily. Teachers can therefore easily manipulate it.

• It’s perfect for collaboration. Every tool in Drive has built-in collaboration tools that allow multiple users to work on the same document, insert comments in the margins, or just let others take a peek at what they are working on. This is a great benefit for the classroom as many teachers struggle to find collaborative tools. This means students can not only work together with their own classmates, but they could also collaborate with students across the world (Gonzalez, n.d.).

Ways google drive can be used in the teaching and learning process

• Teachers can use google drive to create self-guided courses for those who want to learn more. For example, for learners who want more information about a particular topic or are interested in mastering a specific skill, the teacher can create a self-guided course using google docs and send the link to the students.

• The teacher can use google drive to offer immediate revisions and edits on learners' assignments. The teacher can view and edit learners' work in real-time, which means that they can leave immediate feedback and suggest corrections that will help them to fine-tune their assignments.

• Lastly, the teacher can use google drive to store lesson plans and other resources for free.

English Language Lesson

To teach narrative writing the teacher could place students into groups of five and give each student an element of the plot. Exposition, rising action, conflict, falling action, and resolution. He/she will then give students a prompt or a picture to aid in the creation of a narrative story. The teacher can then instruct the students to create a google docs document and share the link so everyone can access the document as well as edit it. Each student will type their part on the document, and at the end, the teacher will give feedback by also commenting on the document. This aids in collaboration, as it gives learners the chance to learn from their peers' knowledge base and experiences.