The Purple Parade

Google Classroom Google Classroom is by far my favorite Educational Technology Tool of 2014.  Everyday I find another great way to use Google Classroom!  If you have a Google Apps for Education Domain, then you can use Google Classroom.  It was fully released to schools in late August 2014.  By October, Google already had updates to the tool because they listened to all of the teachers using the product and added features that were most requested. Google Classroom allows teachers to make announcements or assignments through an easy to use Google Drive Management Tool.  As, I was told at Google Headquarters this past July, Google Classroom is not meant to be Learning Management System such as Edmodo, Schoology, Moodle, or Blackboard.  It is supposed to help teachers manage their Google Drive assignments with students.  Teachers can make a template in their Google Drive and then through Google Classroom assign that template to the students by making a copy for each student.  Or,

I'm kind of in love with this new site I found called Zaption !  You can insert videos for students to watch and add comments or questions along the way for students to interact with.  It is simple to use.  Just insert your video and add question slides.  You can add multiple choice, open response, number response, check boxes, discussion, and more.  It is a great way to keep students engaged in the lesson and interacting with the content.