From Google Classroom to Google Docs and everything between, the Google Suite definitely helps me stay organized as a teacher.
Here’s a look at how I use Google in the classroom and as a teacher.
Using Google Docs in the Classroom
Google Docs for Digital Collaboration
I love using Google Docs for collaborative activities in the classroom. With my journalism students, since we are 100 percent remote right now, we use a collaborative Google Doc for our monthly story brainstorming.Also, when I am conducting digital collaborative activities such as the collaborative rhetorical precis activity, we use a carefully-created Google Doc with tables for whole-class participation. You can read my recent digital collaboration blog post on the Secondary English Coffeeshop to learn more about how I use Google Docs for digital collaboration.
Google Docs as a Class Calendar
However, one of my absolute favorite uses of a Google Doc as a teacher is using one as a class calendar. Each week I copy and paste in a new table into the document to create a new week. I have three columns in my digital class calendar: date, homework, and school work. I also put the daily bell-ringer on this calendar as well.I’ve found a lot of success in sharing this class calendar not only with my students but with parents and collaborating teachers as well. Plus, if I teach the same course year after year, I can refer back to the previous year’s calendar to help me plan and improve upon current and future lessons! You can CLICK HERE to make a free Google Copy of the template. You can also CLICK HERE to make a copy of a weekly document that provides more focus on distance learning.
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