So far they love it - it took about a week for my students to get used to login on/off with their rnet passwords.
Reasons I love it:
- I can give quick feedback to ALL my students in writers workshop (instead of conferencing with them just once every other week... we have so many!)
- Their papers stay organized
- Google Classroom is easy to teach to non-tech savvy teachers (as opposed to Doctopus, which can probably do more but isn't user-friendly.)
- You can keep resources on your classroom page that students can access all year
- Editing suggestions are slightly different then regular Google docs
- Students have authentic typing practice!
If you find some other google features with it.. please let me know!
Do most of you have students writing directly on the computer for Writer's Workshop? I find that allowing them to get on right away distracts them from the writing process sometimes (internet, staring at the screen, etc.) but I know that it's actually helpful for some. Just curious to hear others' thoughts.
ReplyDeleteStarted it last week and it has been great!
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