Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path

Many tools created by Google are increasingly becoming a mainstay of teachers digital toolkit. I am pretty sure that most if not all readers of Educational Technology and Mobile Learning use some form of Google products whether it is Gmail, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Classroom, Drawings, you name it. That being the case, and given the exponential integration of services in education, Google offers this excellent resource called Google Learning to help educators, teachers, students, and everyone else make the best of Google in their learning journey.

Google Classroom has become one of the most popular trends in edtech. With its inherent ability to help teachers organize classrooms, track usage of files, and control access of documents and related media, Google Classroom is a clean fit for many of today’s classrooms.

This fit is something shakeuplearning.com recognized when they created this quick graphic, “6 Tips For Getting Started With Google Classroom.” Like Google Classroom itself, the graphic keeps it simple (only 6 tips) and straight-forward (most have to do with organization), but that makes it widely useful.

Twice this week I've had people ask me if there is a search function in Google Classroom. Unless, I've been overlooking something obvious, there isn't a native search function built into Google Classroom. What I have been telling people to do is use Control+F on Windows computers or Command+F on Mac computers to search within a Google Classroom stream or classwork section. It's not a perfect solution, but it's better than just scrolling through dozens of announcements or assignments to find the one that you want. 

Quill is a great educational platform you can use with your students to help them enhance their writing skills. It provides a wide variety of materials designed specifically to help students become better writers. Using Quill is simple and easy. Teachers set up their classrooms in Quill and invite students to join using unique codes. If you use Google Classroom you can import your class with a single click. Once created you can then start using the different services provided by Quill.

Google provides easy tools for every teaching and learning to help teachers and engage students anywhere anytime. Watch awesome videos!