Negatives:
- Privacy Aspect
- Not age appropriate for all elementary students
Benefits:
- How to use your personal device for education
- Better communicate systems between teacher, student, and parents
- Group assignments
Environmentally Efficient:
Q: How much paper in a classroom of 20 students? 25000!
Q: Trees used fir public schools? 800000 Trees are used per year in Canada
Google calendar:
- Due dates
- school events
- Color coded
- Pro-D and breaks
Google Documents and Slides can be accessible from anywhere!
Teachers can see who participated on what.
Google Classroom:
- Add teachers and parents
- Keeps you organized
Privacy: G.A.F.E
- students must use full names
- students are handing student information to the USA
- SD61 uses consent forms
Society is progressing with technology, so why shouldn’t your classroom?