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What are Assistments and how do you use the site?

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In addition to textbooks and binders, kids consider Gmail, Google Docs, and even YouTube essential for school. So it's an easy transition to Google Classroom, the classroom-management tool integrated into Google's G Suite for Education, which Google provides free to schools. Classroom allows students to see what's due, complete assignments, post messages, and more in virtual classes set up by their teachers. The fact that it's paperless and offers built-in opportunities for kids to practice responsible digital skills are great bonuses. Your kid may use it for one class, or all of them. In fact, tens of millions of teachers and students use Google Classroom in thousands of schools around the world, making it one of the most popular edtech tools around.

But Google Classroom does invite some risks, including data tracking, potential contact with strangers, and even cyberbullying. While Google has stricter privacy practices for its educational apps, it can collect student data from some of the Classroom tools, such as YouTube, if they're enabled. Google pitches the platform to teachers as "mission control for your classroom" -- and it definitely streamlines homework, remote learning, and organization. But as more schools move toward using Google Classroom, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with its capabilities so you can best support your kid's online learning.
What is Google Classroom?
Do teachers use Google Classroom to teach live, like with Zoom?
How do you set up Google Classroom?
Can you use Google Classroom at home?
Can I communicate with my child's teacher through Google Classroom?
Can Google Classroom be used for cheating or chatting?
Which other apps and websites can be used with Google Classroom?
Can I check my child's grades on Google Classroom?
What are the safest settings to enable on my kid's Google account?
How does my kid find out about new stuff posted in Google Classroom?
Is my kid supposed to be chatting with their classmates during class time via Google Classroom?
Who has control over the options in Google Classroom: the teacher, students, the principal, the tech coordinator?
If my kid is using Google Classroom, how can I make sure they're not goofing around?
How tech savvy do I need to be to help my kid with Google Classroom?
Does Google Classroom track and collect kids' data?
Where can I go to get more information about how to use Google Classroom?
Do teachers use Google Classroom to teach live, like with Zoom?
Not usually. However, Google is offering the premium features of Hangout Meet for free to teachers and students who are at home during the coronavirus pandemic, so it'll be easier to use Classroom for live, remote teaching.

Can I communicate with my child's teacher through Google Classroom?
It's possible, though teachers may use another tool, such as Aeries or School Loop, for parent communication. If your kid's teacher wants to use Google Classroom for communication, they will send you an invitation, and after accepting, you will receive updates directly from them, which may include information on upcoming or missing work and announcements.

As for chatting, yes. Kids can interact with other students and even teachers by text and video using Google Hangouts. Chatting can be a distraction, but there have also been some reports of kids cyberbullying other students in Google Docs shared for group projects -- partly because it's a place no one would think to look for that kind of behavior. If the chatting is getting out of control, your kid can shut off Hangouts and remove people from a shared document. (To do this, click the Share button and then click Advanced at the bottom of the window. Click the X next to the name of the person you want to remove. If the document was created by someone else and you don't control it, have your kid make a copy and not share it.)

From the Personal Info page, you can view the information that others can see about you. You can set this information to be viewable to yourself only.

From the Data & Personalization page, you can take the Privacy Checkup to find out what information you're sharing and limit it. You can also go through your Activity controls and see what data Google is tracking. If you "pause" activity, Google won't track it.

From the People & Sharing page, you can see contact information and what information you're sharing on Google Services.

If your kid's teacher relies on students to use their personal Gmail accounts to access Google Classroom, their data, including the sites they visit, the videos they watch, and even their location may be tracked by Google -- and kids may see ads, too. This kind of tracking for marketing purposes is why the state of New Mexico recently filed a lawsuit against Google on behalf of students. The state's attorney general believes Google collects and uses a lot more student data than it admits, and says it tracks students' online activities when they're not using Classroom for school.
Everything Parents Need to Know About Using Google Classroom with Your Kids Common Sense Education Google Classroom review for teachers Google support for guardians on email summaries
Another risk is third parties. Although Google doesn't share or sell student data to partners, and it vets the developers it uses for Classroom, those third parties could collect information from your kid, then profile and target them using that data.

Still, Google Classroom gets a "pass" rating from its Common Sense privacy evaluation, which means it meets our minimum requirements for protecting students' privacy.

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How to take and upload pictures on a Chromebook

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How to be successful using Google Classroom

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Thinking Blocks (Practice Tape Diagrams)

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Model your word problems with Thinking Blocks! Only at MathPlayground.com.

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Cool Math Games - Free Online Games for Learning and Fun

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Coolmath Games is a brain-training site for everyone, where logic & thinking & math meets fun & games. These games have no violence, no empty action, just a lot of challenges that will make you forget you're getting a mental workout!

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