Google Classroom is an additional Web 2.0 tool to try out this week in EME 6414. I looked around within the program to preview some of their cool educational features, especially on the app available with Google Play. They offer a free service that educators and students can use through their Google account to connect with each other. It helps keep their course content and assignments all organized online and in Google Drive. Instructors can make announcements and hold class discussions. It does look pretty successful with just under 70,000 user reviews showing. Many of those appear to be written with some positive remarks.
Google + actually has an online community based on Google Classroom Education called Teachers Helping Teachers. THT was one of the communities I actually selected to observe then discuss in my Community Observation assignment. I can see how this group has a hand in Google Classroom clearly from the ideas, discussions, and resource sharing that is regularly being posted. This communication displayed some results from using this app in a variety of educational settings (whether for K-12 grades, higher education, or international purposes.)
Another cool thing to see about Google Classroom and their related online community was the professional development ideas and opportunities being posted in the Teachers Helping Teachers group. This included help forum postings, activity ideas for adult educators, linked video or image media, and other resources like online sessions held to cover certain professional education topics. Either way, both the Google Classroom app and its corresponding online community appear to support instructors and better equip them and their students, especially in technology-based situations. If only there was this kind of organization and enrichment provided more to face to face classroom educators and administrators!
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