Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Cloud Classroom: Google Apps for Education

AIM: Big KIPPsters will be able to utilize various cloud-based instructional tools to organize, manage, and drive online instruction in their classrooms.

Task 1 Quick Question: How do you communicate with your students/classes/families?

Task 2: Welcome to Edmodo! Edmodo is a free and secure social networking site for teachers and students. Edmodo provides classrooms:

  • A safe and easy way to connect and collaborate
  • A real-time platform to exchange ideas
  • An easy way to share and access content and homework

Task 3: Welcome to Google Forms! Use Google Forms to rock out the following:
  • Collect formative data in an organized fashion, quickly! Click here to see how.
  • Collect homework assignments with speed and style. Click here to see how.