FRIT 7739

Lauren Hyers
9-18-2015
Online Staff Development Workshop
Syllabus
Topic:
Google Classroom- a web-based service that provides an easy
way for teachers to create, share, and collect Google Documents,
Presentations and Spreadsheets.
Intended Audience: 9th - 12th grade teachers
Lesson: How to effectively use Google Classroom.
Purpose: To introduce teachers to Google Classroom for the purpose of
enhancing student learning.
Essential Questions:
Why should I use Google Classroom?
What features of Google Classroom will work best for you and your students?

Procedure:
Introduction to Google Classroom and how it will benefit teachers and
students.
Step by step PowerPoint of how to join, navigate and participate in Google
Classroom as a student and teacher.
Allow teachers to explore and practice using Google Classroom.
Conclude with a participant questionnaire.
Estimated length of the workshop is 1 hour.
NETS Standards:
ISTE Standard 2: Design and develop digital age learning experiences and
assessments.
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences
and assessments
Incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content
learning in context
and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the
Standard
S.

a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools

and resources to promote student learning and creativity
b. Develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students
to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in
setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and
assessing their own progress.

c. Customize and personalize learning activities to address students diverse

learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and
resources
d. Provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative
assessments aligned with content and technology standards, and use
resulting data to inform learning and teaching.