Google Tools in Schools - Tiffany Bradley

Google Tools in Schools - Tiffany Bradley

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Johns, K, Troncale, J., Trucks, C., Calhoun, C., & Alvidrez, M. (2017). Cool Tools for School:            Twenty-First-Century Tools for Student Engagement. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 84(1), 53–        58.

Summary                                                            

Using Google tools in the classroom is a great way to engage students in learning. It is great that they can access these tools at any time and learn at their own pace. The purpose of this article is to engage students in learning by using technology and doing things that they will love.  According to Johns, et al., (2017 Fakebook allows students to design a social media profile safely. (p.3) The purpose of using google tools is to help students become more engaged and successful in their work. Using these tools allows the students to submit work online and the teacher can give direct feedback on their work. The four apps that they focused on in this article were Fakebook, Google Classroom, Seesaw, and Educreations. Fakebook is the same thing as Facebook, but it allows young students to create a social media account safely. Google Classroom is a tool where teachers can expand and manage their students learning skills. Teachers can also make sense of their classroom by using Google classroom. Educreations is an app where students can access a whiteboard. They can add videos, voice covers, images, and annotations to share their ideas.  

Evaluate

This article shows many great ways to engage students in the classroom. What I liked most about this article is that it focused on putting these connections into an educator’s criteria to motivate students to learn. When students are engaged, they accomplish important skills that they can use for a lifetime. When students do things that they love it only makes them want to learn more. The authors evaluated these tools and did a lot of research on them. They found out that engaging the students with the activities in the classroom is a motivational tool for the teachers and students.

Stannard, R. (2017, June 8). Using google docs in education. Retrieved from            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFXjSdrY1fM

Summary

This video shows how to use google docs as an educator and a student. It also shows you how to share a google doc with students or teachers. This video would be great for someone who is starting out with google docs. This tool is really great for anyone that is starting out with google docs.

Evaluate

This YouTube video explains a lot of important things other than just google docs. For example, how to get to your drive and that you need a google account to access Google apps.

Reflection on Google Tools

I am certain that google tools is a great way to engage students. The article and video that I looked at shows many great ways to use Google, for example, google classroom is a good way to engage the students in learning.  Google Classroom offers so many great tools that the teacher and students will love. Students in the 21^st century are growing up with technology and putting these four apps into your criteria will help the students become interested in what they are learning and that will lead to success for them.

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