Google Classroom: Streamline how you instruct, announce, assign, collect, grade, and offer feedback

The start of the second semester may offer you an opportunity to integrate something new or innovative into your classroom routine. How do you normally announce, assign, collect, grade and provide feedback? How can technology help make all these tasks more efficient, save you time, and actually lead to better results for student learning?

Each teacher has a tool that helps them with their work. Perhaps Google Classroom is one such edtech tool that you can revisit or explore for the first time.

This is the second school year that Google Classroom has been part of my repertoire.  I actually held off using this management system because I was using another website to host my classroom resources. I used the school website for a few years but then switched to Wikispaces because my students could contribute work to my site and I could facilitate group discussion. In thinking about instructional goals first and sustainability second, it made more sense to switch to Google Classroom. This tool continues to streamline my workflow.  You need to read a blog post from Matt Miller, author of Ditch That Textbook, about 10 Tips to Use Google Classroom Effectively and Efficiently .

What new idea did you read about? There is constant innovation occurring with Google Edu and they seem to listen to teacher feedback and comments. It is pretty easy to leave a comment on a Google Classroom page. To read new happenings with Google Classroom, check out their Update page.  They seem to update at least twice a year.


Alice Keeler also writes about the many learning opportunities with Google Classroom. Check out this infographic. See the link below for more techniques on how to use Google Classroom.

Further Support:

• Starting Out: 
• Visit this blog post from Matt Miller called 12 Grate Ways to Start Using Google Classroom Now
• Our #MASHTeach Tech Day as a Google Classroom resource page with Google Classroom instruction from Mrs. Chow. Please email me at jreidy@mbgsd.org for that information. 
• Set up an appointment with me. 
• Stay posted for future workshop dates. 
• Revisit:
• Visit Alice Keeler's website and select a resource that interests you about how to use Google Classroom in an innovative way. 
• Try a Google Search and see what you find. 
• Share your findings below! I will be sharing some Google Classroom success & challenge stories during semester two. 

Cheers!