How Google Classroom Transformed an Elementary Classroom

How Google Classroom

Has Transformed the

Elementary ClassroomMatt Becker, 5th Grade Teacher from Forest

Hills

Matt Becker

Twitter: @mbck

Email: [email protected]

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Who am I?

• 5th Grade teacher in Forest Hills Public Schools

• Reading, Language Arts, and Social Studies

• Teaching is my third career

• A necessary traveler

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Webinar Objectives

• Learn about the basics of Google Classroom.

• Understand how classroom works from the teacher and student perspective.

• Use Google Classroom for instruction and assessment.

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Google Apps For Education

• Google Classroom is part of the Google’s G.A.F.E

suite.

• Your school district needs to use G.A.F.E. in order to

access Google Classroom

• If you are a G.A.F.E. school and can’t access

Google Classroom, contact your Google Admin.

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My classroom transformation

• Since Google Classroom

• G-Classroom creates folders

automatically.

• Easily access and manage

student work within Google

Classroom.

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• Before Google Classroom

• Teaching S’s how to create

folders and share them.

• Managing my own folder

with students folders.

• Access student work, folder

by folder.

Why Google Classroom?

Student Perspective

• Organizes folders

automatically

• Easy to find work.

• Easy to use.

• Saves time.

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Teacher perspective

• Saves time organizing

student folders

• Saves time accessing

student work

• Easy to set up and use.

My current situation

My challenges

• Not a 1:1 classroom.

• Limited by access to school Chromebooks.

• We do have access to Chrome carts and a computer

lab.

• My solution

• Preplanning

• Have students work together when possible.

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What is Google Classroom?

• Google Classroom is:

• A classroom organization and

communication tool.

• Connects Drive, Docs, and Gmail

• Create, and assess students assignments in

one place.

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5 Google Classroom Tips

• Don’t click student!

• Keep all of your sections/hours separate.

• Be specific when naming your classes

• Don’t mess around with the “Classroom”

folder in Google Drive.

• Don’t add items directly to the Drive folders

created by classroom.

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How do I get there?

There are two ways to get to Google Classroom.

• Go to https://classroom.google.com

• Go to https://www.google.com/o Click on the App menu icon

• Select classroom

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Setting up Classroom

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Log in as a teacher!

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Important!

Logging in for the first time, you want to click Teacher

Create your classroom

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• Click on the + sign to

create your first class.

• Name your class.

• How you name your

class is important.

About Page

• The about page is for general information and class

resources for your course

• Idea for the About Page:o Class Syllabus

o Rubrics

o Often used resources

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Students Page

• Invite students via email to your classo You can use groups from your Gmail account

o Or have students use the unique enrollment key

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The Stream

• Announcementso Post information and attach resources (YouTube, Drive, web links, files).

o Anyone can comment on an announcement.

o Great for adding communication and resources that are not attached to

a due date or grades.

• Assignmentso Use for housing assignments with a due date.

o Can use a variety of ways to distribute information.

• YouTube, web links, Google Docs, computer files.

The Stream’s layout• It is important to note that assignments and

announcements placed in the stream will be

placed in chronological order.

• The most recent postings will be placed at the top

of the stream.

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Creating Announcements• Click on the “Announcement” button

• Type an announcement

• Add files from Google Drive , YouTube, web links, or files from

your computer

• Copy to multiple classes if necessary

• Post your announcement

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Create Assignments• Click the Assignment button

• Give your assignment a title and a description

• Set the due date

• Attach files (Drive, Docs, YouTube , links)

• Copy assignment to multiple classes if necessary

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Adding Google Documents

• If you are adding a document from Google Drive,

specify how you would like it to be shared.

• Post your assignment

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Something to Think About• When creating assignments, students will have two

ways to turn an assignment in, depending on the

type of file you have them working on.

• If is an document you attach through Google Driveo Students will see a “Turn in” button” when they open their assignment.

• If is a web link, such as a Google Formo Students will see a “Mark as Done” tab to click in order to turn in their

assignment.

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Join the Demo Class?

• Log in using:

• Username: googleclass#@kentisd.orgo (Replace # with any number 1-50)

oExample: [email protected]

• Password: kentisd14

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Student Perspective

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Student view

• You will be logged into Classroom as a student

• You will see your classes

• Click on K.I.S.D. Webinar Series

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Student Stream

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• As a student, you will see your assignments

• Assignment due dates

• Comment section

• To open an assignment, click “open” button.

Student Stream cont.• Once you have opened the assignment

o Click the Document link

o Your assignment will open in Google Docs.

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Document Link

Student assignment turn-in• Using Google Docs, Google Drawings, or files not

using a web link as the assignment tool.

• In the Google Doc., click “Turn in.”

• A second screen will appearo Click “Turn in” one more time

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Assignments Using Links

• Assignment using links will follow the same process

as before, however the instead of a “Turn in”

button, it will say “Mark as Done.”

• Open the assignment and click “Mark as Done”

• A second screen will appearo Click “Turn in” one more time

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Resources I Use• Google+ Communities• GEG Michigan

• Google Classroom

• Google Apps in Education

• Google Docs and Drive

• Web resources• Google for education

• The Electric Educator

• Teacher Tech

• Ditch Than Textbook

• Free Technology For Teachers

• Ed Tech and Mobile Learning

• Edudemic

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• Twitter

• Good people to follow• Andrew Steinman @steinman

• John Sowash @jrsowash

• Kelly Kermode @coachk

• Alice Keeler @alicekeeler

• Hash tags to follow• #geducator

• #googleedu

• #gafe

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• Thank you for attending the Google Classroom

webinar.

• Google Classroom Resource Page

o It will have many of the same resources you saw

today

o Today’s PowerPoint presentation

o Links to resources

o Contact information

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How Google Classroom

Has Transformed the

Elementary ClassroomMatt Becker, 5th Grade Teacher from Forest

Hills