I’ve created a short video through Screencast-O-Matic about how to use the Google app, Google Classroom.

I have been looking at Google Classroom and exploring how, and why, I might use it or recommend it. I find google apps to be extremely user friendly. It took me very little time to figure out the ins and outs of Google Classroom. It reminds me of the functionality of the Moodle system that we use as students of Yukon College. I think that if you intend to use technology to communicate with students, that Google Classroom might be of great value. Google Classroom is also an awesome way to give parents the ability to stay up to date and engaged with what is going on in the classroom.

As per the SAMR matrix, Google Classroom is definitely a way to augment the way that we teach. It is a substitution for the to-do list and the daily take home note/ agenda. The app allows for modification to teaching in the sense that we can include videos and links directly into assingments.