google-classroom

Our district is taking baby steps towards using Google Classroom, and I thought it would be a good time to begin a related “Best” list.

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Here are my choices for Google Classroom resources:

This Is Intriguing – Now Anyone Can Create A Class In Google Classroom

 

Get quizzing with locked mode, and grade away with Classroom is from Google, with a follow-up post from Richard Byrne, A New Gradebook for Google Classroom!

GOOGLE UNVEILS TWO BIG TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS: “ASSIGNMENTS” & “ORIGINALITY REPORTS”

The Google Classroom Cheat Sheets for Teachers and Students! is from Shake Up Learning

The Google Classroom Student Starter Kit is from Tarvara Academy.

10 Google Classroom Tips for Remote Learning is from Shake Up Learning.

Classroom Cheat Sheet 2.0 looks pretty good.

VIDEO: HERE’S HOW TO TRANSFER GOOGLE CLASSROOM GRADES TO YOUR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

“GOOGLE ASSIGNMENTS” GOES LIVE IN G SUITE FOR EDUCATION NEXT WEEK – IT SEEMS TO MAKE LMS INTEGRATION EASIER

Google announced a bunch of updates to its education offerings:

See much of them at Go back to school with Google.

One of the many updates is supposedly the ability to generate a link instead of code for Google Classroom, though it doesn’t show up for me, yet.

Google Assignments is supposed to make Grading made easy with Assignments, an app for your LMS.

Here’s a new video about it:

 

GOOGLE UNVEILS A TON OF DIFFERENT GOOGLE CLASSROOM & CHROMEBOOK UPDATES – NONE ARE GAME-CHANGING, BUT SOME SEEM VERY HELPFUL

Classroom adapts for the future of learning and teaching is from Google. This news looks particularly interesting/useful, though I’m not sure if our district’s version would support it:

Classroom add-ons: Coming to beta later this year for districts with the Teaching and Learning Upgrade or Education Plus, Classroom add-ons allow you to bring your favorite content and activities from top edtech tools right inside Classroom. Admins will be able to pre-install add-ons for multiple teachers or groups at once.

We’re starting with nine partners including Adobe Spark for Education, BookWidgets, CK-12 Foundation, Edpuzzle, IXL, Kahoot!, Nearpod, Newsela and SAFARI Montage, with plans to expand to many more. Here’s an example of how Bookwidgets is using add-ons to make it easier for teachers to assign an activity and students to complete it, without ever leaving Classroom.

 

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO DIDN’T KNOW IT’S EASY TO COPY ALL THE GOOGLE CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS FROM A PREVIOUS YEAR AT ONE TIME?

5 Pro Tips for Easy Differentiation in Google Classroom is from Learners Edge.

GOOGLE CLASSROOM NOW LETS YOU SCHEDULE THE SAME ASSIGNMENT FOR MULTIPLE CLASSES! (WITH SCREENSHOTS)

GOOGLE GETS INTO THE MATH ADAPTIVE LEARNING BUSINESS WITH “PRACTICE SETS”