Google Basics
What you need:
Main Google Tools for Teachers
Classroom
Docs
Forms
Slides
Sites
Calendar
Google Classroom
A platform to communicate with your students
Classroom NOW has 3 pages
STREAM
Classwork
PEOPLE
Setting up your class
Click on the COG in the upper
right corner
Use this to:
Edit page name
Change class code
ADD CLASS MATERIALS
Classwork
This is where you post assignments & organize work.
Teachers can make 3 types of post*:
If students downloaded the google classroom app on their phone and allow notifications, they will get notifications whenever you post.
*all 3 can be posted in real time or scheduled to be posted at a later date/time
STREAM
Here you create announcements and respond to student work
How to sort posts
Make TOPICS for each TYPE of post (announcements, homework, classwork, quiz, etc)
Each time you make a post, choose the topic
Then you and students cal go back sort posts by type
STUDENTS
The class code that students need to join the class is found here.
Students can be added manually by the teacher or given the class code.
From this page you can send messages to individual students or their guardians.
ABOUT
This page contains your classroom information:
Google Docs
PC equivalent: Word Mac equivalent: Pages
Can be used for:
Google Forms
PC/Mac equivalent: none
Can be used for:
Benefits of using Forms for quizzes
Multiple choice questions can be automatically graded
Benefits of using Forms for warm ups/exit tickets
You can easily check if everyone has turned in their work
Benefits of using Forms for surveys
Surveys can be made anonymous (more honest student feedback)
Google Slides
PC equivalent: Power Point Mac equivalent: Keynote
Teachers can create notes/presentations and share easily with students
Students can create presentations and
Google Sites
equivalent: Blogger (also run by google), WIX, wordpress, etc
Teachers can create and maintain a website for their classes, including documents and resources, multimedia (songs, pictures, videos, etc), calendar
Other google apps can be embedded within your site
Students can create a portfolio, an interactive presentation, or digital research paper.
Google Calendar
Online calendars
Can be personalized (different colors for different types of activities)
Easily shared with others.
Can be synced to your phone calendar
Works with Google Classroom and Google Sites