The Google Infused Classroom Microbook

"The Google Infused Classroom is a must-have resource for all classrooms ready to take digital learning to the next level. Holly and Tanya have created a unique book full of practical ideas and classroom examples that amplify student learning while beautifully combining good thinking with technology integration.

—Lisa Highfill, co-author of the HyperDoc Handbook

THE

GOOGLE

INFUSED

CLASSROOM

CONTENTS

WHAT IS A MICROBOOK? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SAMPLE CHAPTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Making Student Thinking Visible

BONUS CHAPTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Student Publishing using Digital Books

ABOUT THE AUTHORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN THE BOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Praise for The Google Infused Classroom

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WHAT IS A MICROBOOK?

Microbooks pick up on the idea of microlearning, a concept that's revolutionizing education by offering short bursts of learning that can initiate exposure, interaction, knowledge construction and reflection for teachers.

Elevate Books Edu and Book Creator have teamed up to bring you a series of microbooks that impact teaching and empower learning.

These books will offer a glimpse into some of the most popular concepts and ideas in education today, with a link to buy the full book if you like what you see and want to continue the journey.

INTRODUCTION

Looking for ways to use technology in the classroom to improve learning and make lessons come alive?

Watch Holly & Tanya's introduction video

THE GOOGLE INFUSED CLASSROOM was published in 2017 by EdTech experts Holly Clark and Tanya Avrith. They've provided a guidebook to help you use technology to engage your learners and amplify the learning experience in your classroom—with Google Apps and other online tools.

This book will teach you how to allow students to show their thinking, demonstrate their learning, and share their work with authentic audiences - to use technology in meaningful ways that prepare them for the future!

SAMPLE CHAPTER

MAKE THINKING VISIBLE

Giving every student a voice and sharing students' work.

Throughout this book, you’ll find three core ideas that we believe are essential to education: making thinking visible, giving every student a voice, and allowing students to share their work. Having worked in technology-infused classrooms for the past two decades, we’ve concluded that effective technology integration happens when educators ask themselves some questions.

● How can I make student thinking visible?

● How can I use the technology to hear from every student in the class?

● How can I allow students to actively share their
work so that they can learn from one another?

When students are allowed to use technology to write papers or take notes, it certainly making their lives easier, but replacing pen and paper with technology doesn’t equate to making real advances in the way we use technology in schools. Our goal (we hope yours, as well) is to ensure that we’re using technology in ways that will help students make bigger gains in their academic growth and also allow us to understand where they are in their learning process so we can quickly make changes in our instructional coaching and help them succeed. That means their thinking and learning must be visible.

Make Thinking (and Learning) Visible

In the past, it was difficult to help our students visualize their thinking because we didn’t have time to hear from each and every student. But thanks to today’s technology, getting inside our students’ heads—and finding out what they know and don’t know—is easier than ever. We can ask students to reveal their insights by offering the use of apps that allow them to articulate and record their learning experiences, ideas, and thinking.