Entry 1
29/10/2020
GOOGLE CLASSROOM
Sources: https://www.teachhub.com/classroom-management/2020/04/what-is-gradebook-in-google-classroom/
For my first entry, I want to talk about Google Classroom. Since we are having this pandemic Covid-19 situation right now, this application is suitable to use for online classes.
What is Google Classroom?
Google Classroom is a free web service for schools created by Google that aims to simplify the development, delivery and grading of tasks. Google Classroom's main aim is to help educators efficiently manage and assess progress, while enhancing connections with learners from school, from home, or on the go. This application also enhance streamline the process of sharing files between educators and students.
What is the benefits of using Google Classroom?
In general, this application offer an easy access to create many different classroom for all subject in just one place. Google Classroom can be accessed from any gadgets via Google Chrome (you also can installed the application in your smartphone). So, you can used it anywhere you are! As for teachers, you can send class announcements, monitor students progress, provide students feedback and share class code with students to join the class. Its also have features like create, assign, collect homework and classwork, also providing due dates for students to submit their task. In the 'class comment' section, you can interact with your students there. you don't have to worry about all files gone missing or anything because all files uploaded by teachers and students are stored in a Classroom folder on Google Drive. It is safe to use !
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Easy access to materials and from all devices.
It is a piece of cake to use Google Classroom. It makes it very easy for you to add as many students as you want, build Google documents to handle assignments and announcements, post YouTube videos, add links, or attach files from Google Drive, in addition to being provided via the Chrome browser, which makes it available from all devices, smart phones, and tablets. Learners can find it equally easy to log in and receive assignments and send them in. Google Classroom allows students access to materials no matter where they are, since everything is posted online. If required, students who are absent can easily access classroom resources from home, which can help save you and your students a lot of stress in the long term. All files uploaded by teachers and students are stored on Google Drive in a classroom folder. At any time, anywhere, users can access the classroom. Students do not need to think about crashed computers anymore.
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Paperless and no lost work.
Since the classroom is absolutely paperless, teachers and learners would not have excessive quantities of paper to shuffle. There might come a day when it would be difficult to grading papers. You have the opportunity to go paperless and avoid thinking about printing, handing out, or even losing the work of your learners by centralizing e-Learning materials in one cloud-based venue! Google Classroom can practically get rid of paper consumption when used for running an entire class. All classwork can be handled online, as long as students have access to the internet. For your district, this means no copies and consequently less revenue. Students can directly complete assignments and evaluations via Classroom, and their work is also saved to Drive. Owing to absences, students may access missing work and find other services they can need.
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Help to communicate more effectively and efficiently.
Google Docs is one of the main benefits of Google Classroom; these documents are stored online and shared with an infinite number of people, so your learners can access them directly from their Google Drive when you make an announcement or assignment using a Google doc, as long as you have shared it with them. In other words, to exchange information, you no longer need emails; you just create a document and share it with as many students as you want! Communication instruments are also very effective. Since it is all cloud-based, there is no more "loss" of student assignments. Communication is smooth if a student is absent. A parent notification feature was also introduced by Google Classroom to keep parents updated of what is going on in the "classroom." You enter the students' email addresses only once, and contact in the classroom is over. The instructor has an email group, a discussion group, and an automatically generated Google Calendar just by joining the student in the classroom. And adding and removing students from the class as required is simple. Built-in tools make interacting with students and parents a breeze. Teachers and learners can send emails, post to the stream, send private assignment comments, and provide job feedback. Teachers have complete influence over feedback and posts from students. Via individual emails or via classroom email summaries that include class updates and due dates, they may also connect with parents.
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Time saver and effective feedback.
How about making and distributing an assignment with only one click of a button? And in a matter of seconds, how about learners handing in the completed assignment? As in Google Classroom, the process of assignment has never been faster and more successful. As well as giving your input instantly, you can quickly check who has submitted their assignment and who is still working on it. The classroom is an incredible time saver. Teachers would have more free time to complete other assignments with all resources saved in one location and the opportunity to access classroom anywhere. Since the classroom can be reached from a mobile device, teachers and students can use their phones or tablets to participate. Google Classroom offers you the ability to offer your students your online help instantly, speaking of feedback, which ensures that feedback becomes more effective as new comments have a greater influence on learners. A valuable aspect of all learning is the provision of positive input to students. Within the classroom grading tool, teachers will submit feedback on tasks to each student. Within the grading tool, the ability to build a comment bank for future use is also available. Additionally, the mobile app Classroom allows users to annotate work.
Educators can also enter Google Classroom as learners, which means you can build and use Google Classroom for faculty meetings, knowledge sharing, or professional development for you and your colleagues.
In short, Google Classroom is a great, flexible way to ensure both students and educators gets just what they need. Most important is, it easy to use and to access.
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How to Get Started With Google Classroom?
1. Open a web browser and go to https://edu.google.com/products/classroom/. Click 'Go to Classroom' and you have to sign in with your google account.
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2. After you sign in, then click get started.
3. If you are a teacher, you can create a class, and if you are student, you can join the class created by your teacher. You just click the '+' button at the top right, there you can either join or create classes.
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4. If you want to create a class, click the 'create class', tick the box then continue. Fill in the needed information for your class.
5. Your class is created. Copy the link or your class code to give it to your students. Now you can post announcement and communicate with your class here. In addition, you also can change the theme of your class.
6. To assign assignment for your students, go to class work and click '+create'. You can create assignment, quiz assignment, question, materials and even reuse post. The people section is where you can see who in your classroom and mark section, you can evaluate their mark there.
