Reflect, Reflect, Reflect

It is so important to reflect on things you learned throughout the semester so far! Some of the things I discussed in last week blog post was twitter, blogging, and flip grid… but there is more.

The Wonderful World of Google

Google Classroom, Google Forms, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google My Maps, Google Sites, Google Sheets, Google Drive, Google Mail, Google Groups, Google Groups… this list could go on forever. Google has many different applications that are useful in the classroom for teachers and students. So far this semester in GEN 2108 we used many of these different tools.

Google Classroom–  is a free web service developed by Google for schools that aim to simplify creating, distributing and grading assignments in a paperless way. Students can be invited to join a class through a private code, or automatically imported from a school domain. In GEN 2108 we have used Google Classroom to submit assignments, submit quizzes, and submit projects. Google Classroom is a very useful tool to allow the students, teachers, and parents to stay connected to the classroom outside of school hours. Teachers can post homework, test, quizzes, grades, and any other information students might need at home. Students can submit work and communicate with the teacher and the rest of the class through Google Classroom. Google Classroom is a tool I will use with my students one day. In GEN 2108 we used Google Classroom to submit some quizzes and assignments.

Check out this tutorial to learn how to use Google Classroom! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0_p0fhdsTo

Google Forms- is a tool within Google Drive for creating an online survey, test, and quiz forms. Learning how to use Google forms is going to be very helpful for me as an aspiring teacher. I learned how to create a test or quiz with 3 different styles of questions on Google Forms. Besides just creating a quiz I have also been on the student side of Google Forms and I have taken quizzes using it as well. This is helpful so I can see not only the teacher side of Google forms but the students side as well. Using Google forms teachers can create a test or quiz, post it on Google Classroom, and the students can complete the assignment and submit it right online. It will also grade any none written responses for the teacher.

Check out this tutorial to learn how to use Google Forms! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxlfPLPI0wM

Google Slides- is a presentation program included as part of a free, web-based software office suite offered by Google within its Google Drive service. The service also includes Google Docs and Google Sheets, a word processor and spreadsheet respectively. Google Slides is a great way to present a lesson to the class by either posting it on Google Classroom or sharing it with someone. Google Slides can also be a useful tool to assign a group project because all students can work on it from their own computer as long as it shared with them. Making a Google Slide is simple and sharing it with people is just as easy!

Check out this tutorial to learn how to use Google Slides!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYA6GLAzz9A