Google for the Classroom - Samantha Glass

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Rana A. Saeed Al-Maroof, & Mostafa Al-Emran. (2018). Students acceptance of google classroom: An exploratory study using PLS-SEM approach. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (IJET), (06), 112. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v13i06.8275

Summary

·       By using Google classroom in your room, it helps the students use the domain skills; self-learning, self-development, and self-directed. 

·     According to Rana (2018), “Google classroom can work in unidirectional process as it can serve the teachers’ strategies and styles on one hand and students’ perception, understanding, and effective participation in different classroom skills on the other hand” (p.112).

·      Google classroom helps both the teachers and students. Having everything online in one certain spot helps both the teacher and students stay organized, know assignment dates, and if they need to correct something.

Assess

·       The authors cited a lot of studies and sources to why they believe Google Classroom is useful.

·     Since this article was from 2018, most of their studies are more recent to this tech savvy  generation.

·       The article was short, but I agree with the points the authors made in the article. 

Google for Education. (2013, November 13). Introducing tablets with google play for education [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzvpcEffvaE

Summary 

·       This video features Hillsborough School district in New Jersey where classrooms uses Google Tablets in their classroom. Using the Google tablets allows the students to learn different skills, learn independence, and the students are more engage with learning.

Assess

·       This video was short but really showed the students having fun while learning. Having the teachers and students talk about what they use the tablets for shows that using technology in the classroom could be a good thing.

Reflection on Google tools in the classroom 

·        I am convinced that using Google tools in the classroom can be a good thing for students to enjoy learning. Both the article and video show the same view of using technology in the classroom. I think it’s a good thing for both students and teachers to help make learning interesting by teaching each other. In the video all of the teachers and staff made a point that they enjoyed using the tablets in their classroom.  

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