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I used Mathigon during my first placement to make math learning more engaging. For example, my students and I played Create Your Own Chance Bingo using dice and a ten frame. This was a great way to assess students' skills in both Number Sense and Probability. It could also be differentiated by using different dice!

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I used Mathigon during my first placement to make math learning more engaging. For example, my students and I played Create Your Own Chance Bingo using dice and a ten frame. This was a great way to assess students' skills in both Number Sense and Probability. It could also be differentiated by using different dice!

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I did my placement in a kindergarten classroom and the digital resource I used was WeVideo. I used it as a consolidation tool to wrap up my engineering (ramps and bridges) provocation. It was a short digital story on the student experiences. The students loved watching pictures of their exploration and learning. It was a great way to document their learning. And it allowed the children to self-reflect on their personal learning journey during the provocation. Here is the link for WeVideo https://www.wevideo.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1enP6Izt_AIVK4lbCh3MDQdHEAAYASAAEgIZKPD_BwE

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During placement, I used a website from the Union of Ontario Indians to teach students about treaties. The website provided interactive modules for students to go through in order to deepen their understanding of the development of treaties, their purposes, and their continued impact on Indigenous communities. I intentionally used this website so that students could recognize the importance of drawing from Indigenous sources to make meaning of treaties as well as centring their perspectives when examining various historical and political topics. Students seemed to really enjoy the website and the learning journey it took them on! The website also included a video of how to navigate the modules, which assisted in students' abilities to decode this digital space! You could also play the videos on youtube and attach subtitles to assist ESL learners.

Link - https://www.anishinabek.ca/education-resources/treaty-education-home/https://www.anishinabek.ca/education-resources/treaty-education-home/

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I briefly worked in a grade 4 classroom to introduce the class and their respective teacher the program scratch. This program was very beneficial for students as students are looking for more avenues to push themselves using technology! This program, in addition to other mathematic resources I used in my grade 8 classroom work very well to transition students from feeling bogged down from the constant format of copy and pasting into their note books. I found student interest peaked during these instances of program/internet use and helped to engage students and develop their skills ever further.

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I used a TVO kids online game called Alphabet Soup during my kindergarten placement. It was a fun way for students to explore their knowledge and practice their pronunciation. We would let the students take turns using the iPads in the classroom to play this game. Sometimes we would put it on the classroom TV and play the game together. TVO Kids is a great resource for educational games and can be accessed from any device that has an internet connection. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjVtfaDmvL8AhUHlokEHSlEDMcQFnoECBUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tvokids.com%2Fpreschool%2Fgames%2Falphabet-goop&usg=AOvVaw3UCfrR7n7bkpBtwidMR2Bi

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For my placement I was in a kindergarten classroom.The digital resource I used was a live stream video of a bird feeder. This resource allowed myself, and the students that one doesn't have to be physically be in a space to be able to experience this. It allowed for use to see the various different birds within a given area, as well we also watched a live cam of bears hibernating. The link to the bird feeder is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N609loYkFJo. Thanks for reading my post!!!!

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During my placement I have used YouTube videos from Chris Hadfield to show a group of grade 6 students what it is like to live on board the International Space Station. These resources where able to help demonstrate what I wanted to teach in an engaging manner rather than simply telling students what living in space is like. i have also created an assignment that would allow students to research a technological invention that was used to explore space. here is an example of one of the videos I used for my placement. i hope that in my future placements I will be in a classroom with more up to date technology so that we can efficiently do more activities with digital resources. https://youtu.be/UyFYgeE32f0

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During my placement in a grade 7 classroom, I suggested educational Minecraft during an activity period once, which became a staple in the classroom whenever there was downtime. Minecraft Education offers an abundance of games, challenges, and tasks that encourage students to think about mathematical concepts and how to navigate (decode) sites. This appealed to many different learning styles as there are several different ways to use this resource and also honoured the students interested outside of school since they all loved games like Minecraft and sites like Roblox.

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I have often used this spinner site to set up review games for my music classes. This is an example of one that I set up to review vocabulary that I had taught over the year. This can easily be adapted, shared, and customized for any subject area. I often combine it with a basic board game template and create some friendly competition. One of my favorite features is that you can customize what happens when the spinner stops - applause, cheers, fireworks, confetti! It creates fun and interest in what could otherwise be boring to review.

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Some of you may be familiar with this digital mathematical tool/resource. Desmos is a digital platform that works as a graphing calculator. It has been exceptionally helpful in high school math classes as both a teaching aid as well as a resource for students to use as well.  It helps students make sense of digital literacy as it presents potentially confusing information is a student-friendly and simple format. I know from personal experience that this tool was super useful for me in high school in understanding the math that was presented but it also helped me navigate mathematical questions that were presented digitally. it sort of bridged the gap between physical (written) math questions and the digital exploration of math.

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Mentimeter is a great resource that can be used both for critical digital literacy but also for many other classroom applications. As has been mentioned many times throughout this course, the use of reflection and meaning-making are very compatible and often times, metacognition is a tool that is used to help make meaning of digital spaces. Discussions and conversations are also helpful tools. This resource allows those conversations to start. With my different applications and tools within the program itself, Mentimeter can be used to help facilitate discussion and reflection.

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Im surprised I have seen this one up on the padlet yet. In my grade 8 classes during my first placement, this resource was use almost daily as a tool for assessment as learning, as well as a tool for reflexive, metacognitive thinking. I'm not going to add too much to this post to allow others to tag on their experiences with it. But here is KAHOOT!

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Hey everyone, I want to share a very simple but (potentially) engaging drawing app that I use with students (mostly at the intermediate level) as a way to engage with literacy and make connections. The "Quick, Draw!" app opens on your browser and uses AI to generate drawing prompts, students can then attempt to draw the prompt, and the app uses AI to guess what the student is drawing. It can be a lot of fun, it's low risk, and can also be a way to get kids up and moving around (I open it on the smart board and have students take turns). It can also drive oral communication, students communicate to take turns, help each other to read prompts, etc.

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Can a neural network learn to recognize doodles? See how well it does with your drawings and help teach it, just by playing.

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Plan Your Own Road-Trip! or Top 10 Places You Want to Visit

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During my first and second placements, I used google maps as a method to teach students about planning trips and comparing different locations on earth. This resource helped with visually demonstrating how maps are used, how distance and time relate across land, and how to read map components (orienteering). Students were able to engage with maps in an interesting way by choosing a location they would be most excited to visit.

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I used to check the phet website before planning math or science lessons. There are a lot of great ideas that can inspire me and some resources that I can use directly. It leads students to have deeper thinking about the topic in visual ways. There are plenty of real-life scenarios that can connect to the theory. I strongly recommend this website if you teach math or science.

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Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

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Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

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I am not sure if I am on the right track here but thought I’d mention an ACC (augmentative and alternative communication) application called Proloquo. It is assistive technology that helps people who cannot speak communicate. It uses several hundred core words and can be customized.

I briefly spent time with a child who has autism and Proloquo was a big part of his communication system. This child, about 10 years old, is non-verbal, uses sensory chews and sporadically bolts around and jumps incredibly high. When a person cannot speak we often make assumptions about their competence and ability to learn. Combined with the behaviour of chewing on toys and jumping where and whenever needed some might assume that this child wouldn't know what he himself needed. However, this technology helped him demonstrate his learning and express his needs, such as, ‘done, please’ when he’d had enough. He could explain his feelings ‘sad want home want mom’ and in Tim Horton’s, when people look to the adult with him for direction, he can say ‘please want please chocolate donut’ and show people that it is okay to look at him and ask him what he needs.

Any tech out there, from spell check and Grammarly to Proloquo, that helps a person better communicate and better connect to others and therefore better access education, should be explored by teachers for all of their students. While this app is pricey, it demonstrates what is possible.

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My first placement was in a Grade 6 classroom, and my AT recommended using Gizmo for digital science labs. While not all of them are available to access for free, there are a ton of interactive modules on a wide variety of math and science topics. I think this resource is great for giving students something hands-on to do while learning subjects that you may not have the resources to do a lab on in the classroom. You can get an educator account, which then allows you to add your students and monitor their progress through modules that you've assigned them. It lets students explore at their own pace, and gamifies the learning a bit.  I've attached a video explains a lab you can assign your class on Gizmo about fruit production and the environment. You can only access certain areas of the website if you register, but I'd encourage you to go to https://gizmos.explorelearning.com/find-gizmos/ and check out some of the resources there.

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This is an educational tool that I think is great for long-distance learning. Unlike other quiz software, Quizizz can insert quizzes into the lecture. Both students and teachers can get in-time feedback. The best part is that you don't need to switch back and forth between PowerPoint slides and quiz pages to teach on this tool. There were other teachers who upload their presentation slides on Quizizz and we can get inspiration from the educational resources they share, and every subject is covered. Quizizz is easy to use, just like a PowerPoint slide, and we can also upload our own slides from Google drive to quizizz for editing.

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Quizizz — The world’s most engaging learning platform

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In my online Grade 2 placement we used Raz-Kids plus to do reading assessments for kids. This program works with the A-Z reading levels and allows you to assign students books to read in that level. When you think it's time for students to move up in their reading level you can assign a book and it will record their voice as they read the book online and detect mistakes. As a teacher you can open this assessment, listen to their reading and decide based on mistakes/lack of mistakes whether they are ready to go up a level in reading. There is also a comprehension piece as well as a quiz you could assign based on the book but I am only familiar with the main assessment portion. I found this digital resource intriguing as often students can get nervous reading aloud to teachers but in this format that anxiety is reduced so the assessment is more accurate. The student portal makes it more like a game-based format and they do not see their mistakes, just their assigned reading and other practice activities.

Link: https://www.raz-plus.com/

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Quizlet is great for learning new vocabulary. It basically serves as flippable flashcards in a digital form. We can have the spelling of the word on one side and the definition on the other side. We can also expand the application of those flash cards to multiple choice or filing blank questions. For example, we can write down the multiple choice question on one side, and the answer to that question will be on the other side. If we further explore the website, we can find many pre-built curriculum-based quizzes or definition practices ready to use.
Quizlet can be used in classes to assess student learning or enhance students' learned concepts. By assigning students with quizlet questions, they can monitor their own learning and enjoy their own pace in studying.

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During my kindergarten placement, I used the website ABCya! quite frequently. They have all kinds of games and activities for almost all areas of the curriculum with a variety of grade options. Patterning was just being introduced when I entered my placement, and Fuzz Bugs Patterns, was a great way to get kids excited about them. During carpet time, students could be called up one-by-one to use the "magic pen" (promethean board marker), in order to move the fuzz bugs into the proper order. The fuzz bugs make noise when you pick them up and drop them. They also celebrate when a student completes the pattern. Through these games, students are given the opportunity to learn while having fun. They are able to celebrate the victory of completion with their class, and feel good about their accomplishments in school.

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Creating and interpreting a bar graph has never been so much fun! In this educational game kids will create a bar graph by sorting the Fuzz Bugs.

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During my placement, I was in a grade 1/SK split class, so it was important that I used a resource that was flexible enough that I could cover a broad range of learning capabilities. The resource that I found useful was ABCya, which has dozens of activities for different subjects across the P/J level. I think the most important way that it helped students, aside from the actual math aspects that we looked at, was seeing students have to engage with the interface. At that age they are still working on their motor skills, so engaging those skills while also trying to navigate the website interface seemed like a great way to make the lesson as engaging as possible.

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I use IXL in a grade 9 de-streamed math class. IXL is a comprehensive, personalized learning platform used by students, and teachers, in combination with parents to improve math skills. It makes use of interactive practice problems and customized feedback in a wide range of math/english topics, from early skills to advanced high school topics. IXL provides a personalized learning experience for each student, with adaptive algorithms that adjust the difficulty of problems based on the student's performance. It also offers report and tracking features for teachers and parents to monitor student progress and identify areas for improvement. In a CDL lens, it requires students to use technology and digital tools to complete math problems, helping them develop digital literacy skills such as online navigation and technology use.

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IXL | Math, English Language Arts and Science Practice

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IXL is the world's most popular subscription-based learning site. Used by over 17 million students, IXL provides unlimited practice in more than 6500 math, English language arts and science topics. Interactive questions, awards and certificates keep kids motivated as they master skills.

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Although I have not used this in a classroom setting (yet) I think it would be a great tool to add. It is a resource that my math professor introduced to us this term. I love this platform because it offers a variety of different tools while some of the other platforms can only be used for one thing (ie shapes or number lines).

Mathigon offers tools for: Geometry, Numbers, Fractions, Algebra, Probability and Data and gives you Games and Applications. I found the platform very user friendly and think it’s great that you can customize the colours.

This would also be a great tool to use if a school doesn’t have manipulatives for students to use or for solving problems together as a class in a way that everyone can see. Because its free students are also able to use this at home to further their knowledge and understanding if they desire. There is also an export feature so that you are able to share problems through a platform like Google Classroom or students can export their solution and share it with the teacher.

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Virtual manipulatives, dynamic geometry, graph plotting, data science and more: explore the ultimate mathematical playground!

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During my most recent placement in a Grade 7/8 classroom my teacher would have the class watch CNN immediately after lunch recess and write down one of the things they had learned in the 10 minute video so we could discuss it as a class later. The purpose of the videos are to discuss multiple small 2-3 minute segments about either current events that had happened the day before, or anniversaries of historical events. This resource was useful to the class because it allowed for students to take small bite sized pieces of information so they wouldn't get bored while also discussing serious topics that you could go into a lot of depth about later during the discussion period of the class.

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CNN 10 is an on-demand digital news show ideal for explanation seekers on the go or in the classroom.

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I often used this digital geoboard to create shapes and angles during my grade 1 placement. Students were learning to compare and contrast shapes based on length, height, and area. Students enjoyed seeing me make ridiculous shapes, and we had a blast comparing them to one another. I also introduced angles to students on the geoboard, which was a great tool. It is more accurate than drawing by hand.

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Geoboard is a tool for mathematical exploration. Stretch bands around the pegs to form line segments and polygons, and make discoveries about perimeter, area, angles, congruence, fractions, and more.

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I used TVO Learn in my placement. This resource is very helpful because it provides examples of lessons which are directly tied to the Ontario curriculum. I was able to go through the lesson with the students all together. I used the grade 5 science, structures and mechanisms activity (linked). TVO Learn is great because you can use the full lesson, or you can take pieces of it and adapt it to fit your needs. I used parts of the TVO lesson and added it to enrich my lesson. I really like this resource, especially as a spring-board for starting lessons.

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During my placement in a grade 4 classroom we used a website called prodigy. This is a digital game where students can create their own avatar s and can collect creatures to battle other creatures (similar to pokemon) during the battles students would be provided with math questions that they would have to answer correctly in order to deal damage to their opponent. What I found interesting about prodigy was that my AT was able to choose what questions he wanted the students to be provided with so he was able to tailor it to each unit we were doing at the time.  I found this tool was helpful for students because if they did not know the answer to the question the resource would provide them with prompts to help them with the question. Students really enjoyed this resource and would often use it outside of the classroom.

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During my placement in a grade 4 classroom we used a website called prodigy. This is a digital game where students can create their own avatar s and can collect creatures to battle other creatures (similar to pokemon) during the battles students would be provided with math questions that they would have to answer correctly in order to deal damage to their opponent. What I found interesting about prodigy was that my AT was able to choose what questions he wanted the students to be provided with so he was able to tailor it to each unit we were doing at the time.  I found this tool was helpful for students because if they did not know the answer to the question the resource would provide them with prompts to help them with the question. Students really enjoyed this resource and would often use it outside of the classroom.

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A digital tool used on my placement was Google Classroom. I found it interesting because the class I was in did not utilize google classroom to its full potential so I looked into how to better integrate this resource in a classroom to see if I would like it for future use! I found that overall, I like this resource and would want to use it in future classrooms because it is an accessible technology resource that opens up communication, tracks assessments, and allows for timely feedback. One of the features that interests me is assignment differentiation. Google Classroom allows you to modify assessments for individual students or small groups. It is also a great way for guardians of students to stay in the loop and communicate with teachers. Teachers can post videos to add a personalized touch or even open up a discussion board to increase engagement. In general, I think Google Classroom is an underutilized resource that has a lot of potential to make assessment, feedback, and communication more streamlined.

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Google's most popular tools -- Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs -- are staples for getting organized and getting work done. These collaboration-friendly tools have revolutionized the way we communicate, work together, and store information online. For teachers and students, the education-friendly platform Google Classroom brings the benefits of paperless sharing, assessment, and digital collaboration to classrooms. Tens of millions of teachers and students use Google Classroom in thousands of schools worldwide, making it one of the most popular edtech tools around.

Read on to find answers to teachers' most commonly asked questions about the platform, with all kinds of information on how you can use Google Classroom with your students. Also, be sure to check out our guide for parents and our detailed review of Google Classroom's learning potential.
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Google describes Google Classroom as "mission control for your classroom," which might be the easiest way to think about it. Simply put, it's a platform that ties together Google's Workspace tools (formerly known as G Suite) for teachers and students. It also acts as a digital organizer where teachers can keep class materials and share them with students -- all paperless-ly. From there, you can pick and choose the features you want to incorporate. This flexibility and seamless integration with Google's popular tools have made Google Classroom one of the most widely used edtech tools today.

Technically, no. Google Classroom is not a stand-alone learning management system (LMS), course management system (CMS), or student information system (SIS). That said, Google regularly adds new functions to Google Classroom. As of April 2021, Google Classroom can sync data with the Skyward 2.0 and Infinite Campus student information systems. According to Google, more SIS integrations currently are being piloted or are in development. As Google continues to add features, it may start to look, and function, more like an LMS. But for now it's best to think of the tool as a one-stop shop for class organization.

Anyone! Google Classroom is included as a free service for anyone with a personal Google account. It's also free for organizations using Google Workspace for Education or Google Workspace for nonprofits. In most cases, teachers and students can access Google Classroom using a Google account provided by their school. While teachers and students in schools are the primary users of Google Classroom, there are also features that administrators, families, clubs, after-school programs, and homeschoolers can use.

Because it's a fairly flexible platform, educators use its features in a lot of different ways. With Google Classroom, teachers can:

Streamline how they manage classes. The platform integrates with Google's other tools like Docs, Drive, Forms, Meet, and Calendar, so there are many built-in "shortcuts" for classroom-management tasks. For example, if you post an assignment with a due date, it's automatically added to your students' class calendar for them to see.

Digitally organize, distribute, and collect assignments, course materials (think: videos, websites, PDFs, and more), and student work. Teachers also can post an assignment to multiple classes or modify and reuse assignments from year to year. If your students have regular access to devices, Google Classroom can help you avoid some trips to the photocopier and cut down on some of the paper shuffling that comes with teaching and learning.

Communicate with students about their classwork. You can use the platform to post announcements and reminders about assignments, and it's easy to see who has or hasn't completed their work. You can also check in with individual students privately, answer their questions, and offer support.

Give students timely feedback on their assignments and assessments. Within Google Classroom, it's possible to use Google Forms to create and share quizzes that are automatically graded as students turn them in. You'll not only spend less time grading, but also your students will get instant feedback on their work. Teachers can view individual and class data within Forms or an automatically generated Google Sheet.

Can teachers use Google Classroom for assessments and grading?

Yes. Google Classroom can help teachers streamline summative and formative assessments. For example, you can use the platform to quickly create, distribute, and collect digital exit tickets or auto-graded assessments. Teachers also can pose discussion questions for quick insights into what students are thinking.

With these same tools, teachers also can create summative assessments, like unit tests. These tests can include traditional question types like multiple choice, short or paragraph answer, checkbox, and more. There also are options for students to upload files (like movies or photos) when responding to a question or prompt, allowing students to share their knowledge in a variety of ways. Of course, there are plenty of other formative and summative assessment tools out there, many of which now offer Google Classroom integration.

Recent updates to Google Classroom have included features for grading and rubrics. Teachers can simply assign points to different assignments, or give different types of assignments (essays, classwork, homework, etc.) different weights. You can create rubrics right in Google Classroom, and students can view these as they work. Turned-in work can be graded using the rubric, and the score will be automatically calculated. Take note, however, that it isn't possible to use standards-based grades (at least not yet).

Do teachers use Google Classroom to teach live, like with Zoom?

Some teachers use Google Meet as a videoconferencing solution (instead of Zoom or another similar tool). Google Classroom integrates with Google Meet, and teachers can set up video meetings from within Google Classroom for live, or "synchronous," instruction. By default, students can't begin a meeting before the teacher, or rejoin the meeting if the teacher is the last person to leave. Meet videos created from within Google Classroom are only accessible from school-managed Google Workspace for Education accounts.

In addition to live-video capabilities, the recording feature in Google Meet gives teachers an easy tool for creating prerecorded video lessons for asynchronous learning, where students could watch on their own time. The Google for Education Teacher Center has helpful video tutorials about Google Meet to help teachers get started.

How do I set up Google Classroom?

The basic setup process for Google Classroom is pretty intuitive, even for first-time users. The Google for Education Teacher Center offers several tutorials for getting started -- this is your best bet if you're looking for the most up-to-date videos and information. There are also plenty of do-it-yourself tutorials on YouTube posted by teachers and tech-integration specialists. Many of these teacher-created videos include practical tips and tricks they've learned from using the platform in their classrooms.

How can Google Classroom support differentiation in the classroom?

Google Classroom makes it easy to customize assignments for individual students or small groups. Teachers can give modified or differing assignments to specific students or groups in a class. You also have the option to check in with a student privately to see whether they have questions or need extra help. An online differentiation strategy like this can make your efforts less conspicuous to the class, so students won't feel singled out in the way that they might with other types of in-person differentiation.

With or without a tool like Google Classroom, differentiation is always going to be a matter of creative problem-solving, and there's no one or "right" way to do it. Luckily, lots of teachers share their tips, tricks, and creative solutions online. Here's an example of how one teacher uses Google Classroom to meet students at their levels.

How can administrators and curriculum coaches use Google Classroom?

Google Classroom isn't just for teachers. Superintendents, principals, and curriculum coaches can benefit from using Google Classroom to organize staff notes, announcements, dates, documents, and other resources for teachers and other school staff. When utilizing Google Classroom in this way, administrators can intentionally model many of the technological skills and proficiencies they'd like teachers to use.

Curriculum coaches can create anonymous questionnaires (using Google Forms) to receive feedback on recent professional development. Coaches could even go a step further and upload videos of model lessons for teachers in their district to view -- a great way to bring teachers who are new to a school or district up to speed.

How can families and parents stay in the loop with Google Classroom?

Google Classroom has options for teachers to send out updates about students' classwork, but it doesn't offer the level of communication you'll find in tools like Seesaw, ClassDojo, or Remind. Google refers to parents and families as "guardians" who can opt in to receive email summaries about missing work, upcoming work, and other class activity. However, it doesn't include direct-messaging features for families or allow families to comment on their children's work.

What's new in Google Classroom?

The platform has been updated quite a bit since its launch, and Google continues to introduce new features regularly, often based on feedback from teachers. For example, grades, rubrics, and Google Meet integration all are features that were added recently. Another new feature called "originality reports" is essentially a plagiarism-checking tool that checks a student's Google Document against webpages and books readily available on the internet. If the feature is turned on, students can run reports before submitting assignments -- teachers can run them after. Teachers may want to use the originality reports feature as an opportunity to teach the importance of citing sources.

How can I make Google Classroom more engaging and interactive for my students?

To make learning with digital content more dynamic for students, consider mixing up the types of resources you share with them in Google Classroom. In addition to Google Workspace tools like Docs and Slides, teachers and students can share other types of media, including images, links to websites, YouTube videos, and screencasts. Some teachers even give students a variety of options for submitting their work within Google Classroom. For example, you might offer students the choice to respond to a reading assignment with a comment, video clip, or drawing that shows their thinking (see our section on differentiation above).

If you're looking to create an interactive hub for students, you might consider doing this on Google Classroom's Stream page. Within Google Classroom, the Stream is a feed where everyone in the class can find announcements and upcoming assignments, and it's the first thing students see when they log in. Alice Keeler, a well-known blogger who writes extensively about Google Classroom, recommends using the Stream to post your class agenda and suggests using Screencastify to post video messages for students.

Some teachers use the Stream to set up class discussion boards, where students can interact online by asking questions or commenting on each other's posts. These discussion boards can help increase class participation and offer students more equity in having their voices heard (or read) by the class. With discussions, you can use the Stream as a closed social network of sorts, and it can be a great way to help kids practice using all kinds of different digital citizenship skills in a "walled garden" type of setting.

What other apps and websites integrate with Google Classroom?

There are now hundreds of external apps and websites that integrate with Google Classroom. Some of these apps may partner with Google, while others create and publish their own third-party add-ons as Chrome extensions. If you're using Google Classroom extensively, integrating other edtech tools can be a way to streamline your instruction.

For example, say you want your students to study some vocabulary words using Quizlet; you can use the Google Classroom integration to directly share and assign a particular flash card set to your class. Or, if you're looking for other learning content online, there are integrations with publishers like Newsela, Khan Academy, and BrainPop, among others -- you'll find all kinds of articles, videos, and other educational content to share with your students.

Our article Nine Apps and Websites That Integrate with Google Classroom covers a handful of these, but the list certainly doesn't end there. If there's an edtech app or website you like using with your students, chances are there's a way to link it within Google Classroom.

What is Google doing with my students' data? Should I be worried about privacy?

As an educator, protecting your students' privacy and data should definitely be a consideration whenever you're choosing a digital tool for your classroom. Anytime a tool might collect data from students, it's essential to ask questions about how the companies involved are securing, using, or storing student data. For more information, be sure to read our full privacy review of Google Classroom.

Google says that data privacy and security are high priorities for all Google Workspace for Education products. However, educators should keep in mind that parents and families have a right to opt out if they don't want their children to use Google products in school. Before launching Google Classroom, school administrators and teachers might want to have an alternative plan in place for students who may opt out.

In the past, some educators, families, and advocates have expressed doubts about Google's ability to deliver on promises about privacy and data protection. What's more, the prominence of Google branding and products in schools has raised questions about the trade-offs of allowing Google to build its brand in schools. Whether you use Google Classroom or not, it's important to get students thinking critically about data privacy and the commercialization we see in different aspects of our lives -- including our classrooms.

Where can I find more ideas about using Google Classroom?

If you're looking for official information about Google Classroom, check out Google for Education's Twitter feed for product updates, ideas for teachers, videos, and even a newsletter about Google Workspace for Education products. Many Google Classroom fans are also tweeting, blogging, and even podcasting about all the ways they're using the platform with students. With millions of teachers and edtech specialists field-testing, experimenting, and innovating with Google Classroom, it's easy to find tips and inspiration from fellow educators online.

As you're using Google Classroom, don't be afraid to get creative with your own strategies, hacks, and innovative uses for the platform. Like most edtech tools, Google Classroom is what you make of it, and how it works will probably look very different from classroom to classroom. What's most important is to find the strategies and tools within Google Classroom that work best for you and your students. You can share the ways you're using Google Classroom with your students by leaving a Teacher Review today.
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