Welcome to my Online School created using the Google Classroom.
What? OSI - Online Classroom Initiative is an attempt to bring kids in underprivileged schools under one platform, provide meaningful learning experiences, provide opportunity for personalized learning experiences, connect students to learning resources through the classroom, provide 24/7 access, anywhere anytime etc
Google Classroom can be accessed on any device , its platform independent (computer, mobile, tablet etc) You just need a Google account to create and access the classroom. Details in the video.
Why? Differentiation, Sharing of resources, individual feedback, collaboration (add co-teachers), link to resources like Khans Academy, Flipgrid, portable, less administrative work (organized into folders, no photocopying) etc
How? Google Classroom has been used for this and three sections have been created using the Google Classroom; Students are assigned various activities both online and face to face using various resources, daily 1 - 1.5 hour session takes place at either of the schools. A total of 32 students are being enrolled in 3 different sections. Students from Ran'aa will be enrolled in a fourth section soon.
Impact? opportunity for individual feedback, personalized assignments, customization assignments, more opportunity for collaboration, sharing of resources, integration with resources like Khans Academy, Flipgrid, math games etc, accessibility 24/7, learning at own pace, less administrative work (no photocopying, all work stored in drive in folders).
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