Google has many products that are extremely useful both inside and outside of the classroom. These products include docs, slides, forms and sheets. Google Sheets is a free spreadsheet program that is great for statistical applications.

Educators have found an amazing way to use this tool. Teachers have enough to do as it is. Having to not only work on their scheduled days but, also have to grade assignments in their free time which can be very overwhelming. Teachers have found a way to create self-grading assignments using google sheets. Click this link to learn how. This tutorial was created by an educator named Mandi who does a very nice job explaining how to create these self-grading sheets. Although it looks slightly complicated once you have created a few of them it will get easier and save you lots of time.

When I become a certified educator I am definitely going to use this tool. Not only will I get more free time but, I can spend this free time learning better teaching techniques and new tools to keep my students interested.