Google classroom: Elegant, Simple Professional Development?
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Google Classroom is presented as a potential platform for digital professional development in schools. It provides an elegant and simple interface using the Google Apps for Education platform. However, the software is still in beta and some expected features are missing. While not all professional development needs to be engaging, Google Classroom aims to make collaboration and accountability features more so. A demonstration of its management and sharing capabilities through Google Docs is provided, with notes that integration with non-Google accounts is still limited.
Google classroom: Elegant, Simple Professional Development?
- 1. GOOGLE CLASSROOM: ELEGANT, SIMPLE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT? Jason Neiffer NCCE Tech-Savvy Teacher-in-Residence Assistant Director/Curriculum Director @ Montana Digital Academy Doctoral Candidate @ University of Montana @techsavvyteach
- 3. Are you using Google Apps for Education in your school?
- 4. Are you using some platform for digital professional development?
- 6. Google Classroom is free! Google Classroom requires Google Apps for Education at your school. Google Classroom must be turned on by your Google Apps administrator.
- 7. Fact: Not all professional development and necessary accountability requirements are engaging.
- 9. Two Philosophies That Inform My Work
- 13. Make sure simple but not critical is not overlooked. Provide additional guidance to user if necessary for success. Most of the technical and complex things we do are not common.
- 17. Google Docs: The Right Platform for This?
- 22. But…
- 26. Demonstration
- 27. Management
- 33. Software is still in beta and your mileage may vary! Multiple Google apps/non apps accounts complicate the file exchange. Many expected features are not there yet.
- 42. In School Professional Development and/or Accountability Regimes
- 46. THANK YOU! Jason Neiffer NCCE Tech-Savvy Teacher-in-Residence Assistant Director/Curriculum Director @ Montana Digital Academy Doctoral Candidate @ University of Montana @techsavvyteach http://blog.ncce.org