Week 5: Benefits of Google Classroom

Hi everyone! Happy (almost) Halloween!

Today, we will be talking all about Google Classroom. One of my favorite things about Google Classroom is that it is so user-friendly. One of our resources this week gave extremely detailed instructions on how to get started creating your Classroom. I found it incredibly helpful, especially since in our technology class, we will be creating our very own Google Classroom! I loved that the resource, not only included great instructions, but also had a picture showing exactly how to do each step.

                I became fairly familiar with Google Classroom while I was in high school, however, I only ever used it as a student, never a teacher. Personally, I absolutely loved using Google Classroom. It made life so much easier because I never had to keep track of a million hand outs or worry about forgetting homework at home (which I was always guilty of). Another one of our resources mentioned that, as a teacher, Classroom allows you to be much more organized because all of your different classes and assignments are all stored in one place. It also mentioned that it eases the workload on teachers because they no longer have to create an assignment, print it out, make a ton of copies, and then pass it out to everyone (knowing that several will end up losing it). Teachers can now create their assignments on Google Classroom, and with the click of a button, it will be available for every single student.

                Another aspect that I loved as a student using Google Classroom, that I’m sure I will love even more using it as a teacher, is the fact that quizzes can be graded almost instantly. Teachers do not have to individually hand grade each quiz and students do not have to wait a week to receive their grades. From what I have seen so far, I think Google Classroom will be a great platform to incorporate into my future classroom!

Hope you all have a fun and safe Halloween!!