Google’s launch into content management systems’ world has been received
with a lot of buzz. Google & its applications are now considered as
reservoirs of all the information. Let me give you a few examples to qualify my
statement. Google is the biggest search engine till date, none other has been
able to replace it. Each one of us is aware of Gmail, more than fifty percent
of the official work is done via it. Google is around each and every corner of
the world. Believe it or not, I continue to consider google as one of the most remarkable
service providers throughout the world. Over an amazingly short duration of
time, has google emerged as a highly important way for organizations to use
their resources to the core.
The traditional ‘Classroom’ which has always been a centralized place
for teachers & students to interact, work on assignments & carry out
discussions is now being metamorphosed & replaced by Google Classroom. It
may sound weird to some of you, but yes you’ve read it right. In order to move
forward, we need to dissect the old system & enact a new vision at its
place, that’s exactly what Google developers did. Not only Google classroom
would become a go to location for your class, but also it can become a place
for all your school’s classes. Having it all in one place would certainly
streamline efforts.
Google has launched a
new tool - Classroom coming to Google Apps for Education that weaves together
Google Docs, Drive and Gmail to help teachers create and organize assignments
quickly, provide feedback efficiently, and communicate with their classes with
ease. It lets students organize their work, complete and turn it in, and
communicate directly with their teachers and peers. It helps teachers create
and collect assignments without any paperwork. When teachers create
assignments, they can choose to share a single document, or automatically make
a copy for each student. They can quickly see ongoing assignments and monitor
progress about who has or hasn't completed the work, and provide direct,
real-time feedback. “It also somehow takes away the excuses from the students”,
this what some of the teachers say during a survey. Classroom automatically
creates Drive folders for each assignment and for each student. Students can
easily see what’s due on their Assignments page, so they can stay on top of
their work. Classroom also lets teachers make announcements and pose
questions—improving communication inside and outside of class. It is easy to
set up, improves organization as well as communication & most importantly,
saves us the most value able thing – time.
The concept of online education remained stagnant for decades, but with
the upcoming concept of Google classroom, it is expected that these measures
will lift up the technical status and lead education to new heights.
I hope this article has acquainted you with a gentle introduction to the
world of Google classroom. So now, come let’s play around with it &
experience how different it is and how better does it perform.
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