Google For Educators

Name three Classroom Tools you might want to use with students . How do you think you would use these tools?

• "SketchUp in the classroom". It allows students to create anything in 3D. Because i'm not great at math, i believe this tool would be useful by introducing measurements, ratio and scale in a way that students can connect to. I would use it to increase awareness about how math is used in everyday life, thus creating a sense of its importance.
• "Google Groups". It allows students to essentially have an online study group, to which they can help their classmates with questions they have about specific content. This would allow for in depth discussions that can stimulate questions not raised by the teacher. For the elementary level, i would use this with not only the students, but their parents as well, in order to give the parents a chance to help their stimulate their brains away from the classroom.
• "Blogger in the Classroom". It allows students to create blogs that share their ideas. I would use this site for daily writings, responses to reading, etc., instead of using massive amounts of paper that i will inevitably end up losing.

Name one advantage of using Google Docs with students.

It is easily accessible from any computer, easy to print, and easy to use.