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Teaching with Google Classroom

You're reading from   Teaching with Google Classroom Save time and stay organized while delivering online and in-person classes

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800565920
Length 370 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Michael Zhang Michael Zhang
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Getting Started
2. Chapter 1: Getting to Know Google Classroom FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Inviting Students to Their Virtual Classroom 4. Section 2: The Basics
5. Chapter 3: Sending Your First Announcement 6. Chapter 4: Starting an Online Discussion with Questions 7. Chapter 5: Handing Out and Taking In Assignments 8. Section 3: Diving Deeper
9. Chapter 6: Grading Written Assignments in a Flash 10. Chapter 7: Creating Multiple Choice and Fill-in-the-blank Quizzes using Google Forms 11. Chapter 8: Keeping Parents in the Loop 12. Chapter 9: Customizing to Your Subject 13. Section 4: Going Digital
14. Chapter 10: Hosting Classes Online Using Google Meet 15. Chapter 11: Strategies for a Successful Online Class 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Plug into the internet

If your school demographic is like mine, the majority of teachers and students have laptops at home. Fewer and fewer households have desktop computers at home. (Don't worry, I'm not about to recommend that you purchase a brand-new computer.) With more laptops than desktops at home, another common trend is to use Wi-Fi to connect computers to the internet. However, because Wi-Fi does not use a physical connection, it is susceptible to interference.

This interference can lead to slower connections and even lost signals. Furthermore, the more devices that are connected to the internet through Wi-Fi, the more each device has to share the data rate of the Wi-Fi signal. Therefore, to ensure that you have a more stable connection to the internet, you should connect your computer to the internet through a physical connection. Most internet service providers loan out internet routers, which have Ethernet ports in the back to physically connect devices:

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