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Google Classroom can be used for all subjects and is very user friendly for both teachers and students. All you need is an email address and access to G Suite through your school district.

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Hale, J., & Fisher, M. (2013). Chapter 11: Upgrade your curriculum practical ways to transform units and engage students (pp. 116-122). Alexandria: ASCD.
EdTechTeacher. (2017) Google classroom. Retrieved from http://edtechteacher.org/google-classroom/.

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-Teachers can post and share links to videos and websites for students to access.
-Teachers can create, distribute, and collect assignments in one place.
-Teachers can digitally grade and provide feedback to assignments.
-Teachers can quickly respond to student questions while working with other students.
-Teachers can post announcements for upcoming assignments, tests, or events.
-Teachers and students can use the digital calendar to keep track of assignment due dates.

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Google Classroom is a part of G suites for Education "designed with the goal of saving teachers and students time by organizing assignments and class content in one easy-to-access online space.

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My district currently uses Google Classroom for the middle school students. However, since I will have access to laptops this year, my students will also be using Google Classroom as a web-based cloud service to access materials, resources, complete assignments, and create presentations and papers.

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The science department teachers continued to communicate throughout summer. Suggestions were made for the nest school year to allow students to create folders, annotate their peers' work, and let them decide how to organize their folders. This team of teachers also decided to incorporate social bookmarking into their classrooms next school year.

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The science department teachers met at the end of the year to reflect on their use of Dropbox. Here are their reflections:
-Dropbox created more collaboration, which allowed teachers to share materials and resources with each other and the students.
-Technology tools created a way for students to access materials and resources needed on any device.
-Web-based tools allowed teachers to find an alternative route to passing out handouts in class.
-Informational literacy provided a way to teach students about appropriate Internet use and using content without permission
-Evidence-based opportunities allowed students to learn in a more authentic way through learning from multiple types of texts and media.

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-Easier than passing out handouts to all students
-Better use of time in class
-Do not have to spend time making copies
-Access to materials and resources anytime, anywhere, and on any device

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The science team meet to go through the materials and resources and began creating folders for each general science course.

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Each science teacher began compiling materials and resources needed for units of studies.

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Mr. Williams and Ms. Prince would serve as the team expert for Dropbox. They would help answer questions and provide any support needed to other teachers for using the cloud service.

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High School teachers Mr. Williams and Ms. Price shared their use of Dropbox at their science department meeting. They discussed that they had been syncing and sharing files with each other from work, home, and their digital devices. The entire science department decided to begin using Dropbox as their cloud service.

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Before deciding which cloud service to use as a district, your team needs to research and weigh the pros and cons of each service. Here are some important questions that should be researched: What is the cost of the service?; Is the service blocked by the district's filtering system?; How much would teachers have to learn in order to use the service?; Is hardware needed for the service?; Can the student's access the service for free?; and Will students and teachers be able to share their resources and work collaboratively within the service?

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-Dropbox
-Box
-Google Docs
-services offered by Amazon
-iCloud

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Cloud services are becoming a more popular way for teachers to share and store relevant information for both themselves and their students, rather than having to make copies and extending the copier budget.

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With district funding becoming an issue, many school are lacking the funds to buy new textbooks.

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Allows users to store and share documents, images, and presentations via a service over a network (Internet)