Educational Technology

Google Classroom is an educational platform that allows teachers and students to connect, communicate and facilitate classroom workflow. It provides a collection of productivity tools  that teachers can use to collaborate, create and save instructional materials and organize classes. Teachers can create virtual classes in Classroom and invite students to join using a generated code. You can set up and manage several classes simultaneously. You can easily move materials (e.g., announcements, assignments, questions…etc) from one class to the other. You can also cross posts to different classes and save your archived materials for future uses. Other interesting features provided by Classroom include the ability to invite co-teachers to join your classes. You can invite up to 20 instructors to help you with classroom activities and projects. You can also create and share customized assignments, draft posts or schedule them so they ll be automatically posted to Classroom in specified ti...

The folks at Google Classroom have put together this handy Back to School guide to help teachers using Google Classroom learn more about the newly released updates and make the best of this learning management system in their instruction. The guide includes answers to 12 questions all of which revolve around the main functionalities in Classroom. Going through the answers, teachers will get to learn how to operate the new tools such as Classwork and the People page. They will also learn where to locate integrated services such as to-do page, About page, how to opt out of using Settings page, and many more. You can check the full guide from this page . Source: Google for Education As we have already stated in a post we shared last week, Google Classroom has introduced a huge refresh adding a number of interesting new features that will facilitate, among other things, setting up and managing new classes, grading students work, organizing content, sharing feedback, creating engaging lear...

In the last post we talked about the five new features that have been added to Google Classroom enhancing thus the overall functionalities of Classroom and making it a collaborative learning hub. In today’s post, we are sharing with you this handy resource from Google for Education to help teachers especially those new to Google Classroom make the best of this platform in their instruction. The page features a number of video tutorials covering a wide variety of Classroom tips and tricks. Source: Google for Education Some of the things you get to learn from these videos include: how to create a new class in Classroom, how to create an assignment in Classroom, how to add students to classes, an overview of Stream page, how to use the grading system in Classroom, how to use HyperDocs in Classroom, how to sync assignments with Calendar, and many more. You may want to check it out and share with us your feedback.

Google Classroom has recently introduced a number of interesting features and improvements to its overall functionality calling the update one of its  'biggest redesign’ since its launch. Here is a quick overview of the newly added features. You can also check this page for more details on each of these new features. 1- New Classwork page Google Classroom introduced a new  Classwork page to overcome the problem of class Stream being overcrowded. A single class Stream makes it hard for teachers and students to find content and feedback they have shared especially when there is a lot of content published on the same Stream. With Classwork page, teachers are able to organize content (i.e., assignments and questions) into modules and units. In this way, “ the Stream can be a better hub of class discussion and activity.  It’s conveniently organized in a separate page to reduce clutter, so that students can have discussions in the Stream to develop their online communication s...

Here are three interesting guides from Google for Education to help you make the best of Google Classroom in your instruction. These are step by step visual guides that cover a number of tips, guidelines, and activities on how to make the best of Classroom in your own instruction. The guides are available for free download from Google for Education Training Centre, you will find them under the title ‘ Handy Guides ’. Here is a short overview of what each guide has to offer you: 1- Getting started with Google Drive This visual guide will help you learn how to set up a class and add students in Classroom. More specifically, you will get to know how to: set up a class, add students by email or code, create an assignment, add materials and assignments, add grades, and how to share feedback with students. 2- Google Classroom Tips This is a one-page PDF featuring some handy tips on how to use Classroom in education. These are tips provided by educators who have tried Classroom themselves. Ti...