Preface

Google Classroom is designed to help you create online courses and deliver classes in an interactive manner. Using Google Classroom saves you time spent organizing and communicating information to students and parents. This updated second edition of Teaching with Google Classroom covers the modern features of Google Classroom that meet the current needs of online teaching.

This book is written from a high-school teaching perspective but is applicable to teachers and educators of all age groups. If you're new to Google Classroom or you're an experienced user who wants to explore more advanced methods with Google Classroom, this book is for you.

With hands-on tutorials, projects, and self-assessment questions, you'll learn how to create classes, add students to those classes, send announcements, and assign classwork. The book also demonstrates how to start an online discussion with your students. Later, you'll discover how you can involve parents by inviting them to receive guardian emails and sharing Google Calendar with a URL. This will help them to view assignment deadlines and other important information. The edition has two new chapters, where you will learn how to use Google's online video conferencing tool, Google Meet, and strategies for teaching classes online. The book goes step by step through all the features available and offers examples of how best to use them to manage your classroom.

By the end of this book, you'll be able to do more with Google Classroom, managing your online or in-person school classes effectively.