Google Classroom

Last Monday I started off the day at Arthur ES. This school is the 1:1 elementary school in the district. I observed in a 6th grade classroom who uses Google Classroom. The students are so natural when it comes to using the technology. 

Then on Tuesday, I spent my day working with teachers at Van Buren ES and talking about Google Classroom. There seems to be a theme this week! The teachers enjoyed Google Classroom and many in the upper grades want to start using it. They discovered an easy way to get started was to create a vocabulary review assignment. The students can create a vocabulary review in Google Slides where they can add the vocabulary word, definition and picture all on the same slide. This idea came from the Monday lesson at Arthur!!!

This week I have spent two afternoons working with Adams ES and Google Classroom. We divided the sessions into lower grades and upper grades to make the presentations more grade level appropriate. 

I'm still looking for a few early childhood classes to experiment with Google Classroom! Since we are a GAFE district, it only makes sense to use Google Classroom!