HOMEWORK and GOOGLE CLASSROOM
For the last three years now, our Grade 7 classroom has been regularly using a web service called Google Classroom. Many schools in our Catholic school system are also using Google Classroom to improve the students’ educational experience and learning. Some of the local high schools are also using it. When the pandemic started two years ago, the curriculum remained accessible to the students because of this technology. This year, we will be using it again to deliver the curriculum to your children.
Google Classroom is designed to provide one “dashboard” that allows the teacher and the student to consolidate the use of other educational applications such as Google Docs (for creating documents), Google Sheets (for creating spreadsheets), or Google Slides (for creating presentation) among many other web applications. It also “facilitates a paperless communication” between teachers and students and streamline “educational workflow”. Google Classroom allows me, the teacher, to create classes, post assignments, organize folders, and view work in real-time. Additionally, it allows the students to submit assignments, collaborate on projects, and on occasion, work on on-line teacher created tests and assessments.
For example, students can begin their work by viewing an assignment and opening a document with just one-click. When students do this, the teacher can have a real-time view of the students’ progress and can offer feedback as they work on their assignment. Students can also each have their own Google Drive folder that allows students and teachers and parents perpetual access to previous work/assignment.
To make all of this possible, the students will be given login credentials. They will need this login credential every time they login to classroom.google.com in the school while using their Chromebook or at home using their home computers.
The parent's email address will also be added in each "classroom" so they can be notified of all the assignments and activities that the students are doing online.
I am looking forward to using this technology with your children to enhance their learning experiences and opportunities.
Google Classroom is designed to provide one “dashboard” that allows the teacher and the student to consolidate the use of other educational applications such as Google Docs (for creating documents), Google Sheets (for creating spreadsheets), or Google Slides (for creating presentation) among many other web applications. It also “facilitates a paperless communication” between teachers and students and streamline “educational workflow”. Google Classroom allows me, the teacher, to create classes, post assignments, organize folders, and view work in real-time. Additionally, it allows the students to submit assignments, collaborate on projects, and on occasion, work on on-line teacher created tests and assessments.
For example, students can begin their work by viewing an assignment and opening a document with just one-click. When students do this, the teacher can have a real-time view of the students’ progress and can offer feedback as they work on their assignment. Students can also each have their own Google Drive folder that allows students and teachers and parents perpetual access to previous work/assignment.
To make all of this possible, the students will be given login credentials. They will need this login credential every time they login to classroom.google.com in the school while using their Chromebook or at home using their home computers.
The parent's email address will also be added in each "classroom" so they can be notified of all the assignments and activities that the students are doing online.
I am looking forward to using this technology with your children to enhance their learning experiences and opportunities.
Please expect your children to be working 45-60 minutes on evenings that there is homework. I would also encourage 20 – 30 minutes of reading most nights. Almost all of their homework will now be in Google Classroom. Because the parents will be added as “guardians”, you will be notified via email what assignments are unfinished or completed or when assignments are due. I expect all homework to be completed to the best of their ability and handed in on time. I may send homework slips if your child’s
homework is incomplete or not submitted. These slips need to be signed by the parent/guardian and returned the following day.
It has been my belief that parents need to spend as much time as they can with their children to foster and reinforce the attachment that their children need. Therefore, I will not give homework or assignments for them to work on during the weekends so they can spend Saturday and Sunday with their family.
If you feel that your child is not doing enough homework at home, please ask him or her to show you in Google Classroom what they have been doing, particularly the ones they have completed. Please be diligent in checking their work at home - you might be surprised as to the amount of work they do in the classroom. I usually give them enough work in the classroom that they will have to continue it at home.
homework is incomplete or not submitted. These slips need to be signed by the parent/guardian and returned the following day.
It has been my belief that parents need to spend as much time as they can with their children to foster and reinforce the attachment that their children need. Therefore, I will not give homework or assignments for them to work on during the weekends so they can spend Saturday and Sunday with their family.
If you feel that your child is not doing enough homework at home, please ask him or her to show you in Google Classroom what they have been doing, particularly the ones they have completed. Please be diligent in checking their work at home - you might be surprised as to the amount of work they do in the classroom. I usually give them enough work in the classroom that they will have to continue it at home.