Collaboration is an important 21st century skill (and is one of the 4C’s) that students and teachers need to work effectively with others and now this can be done both virtually and in person thanks to tools and technologies developed by Google. In this course, students will design collaborative learning activities and assignments using Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Forms, and Google Jamboard. Students will design a website using Google Sites and design a lesson using Google Slides. Students will describe how they will implement their technical and teaching strategies in writing or through video demonstrations. Students will walk away with new knowledge and skills using Google tools for collaborative teaching and learning.
This course can be taken individually and is part of the Learning and Teaching in a K-12 Digital Classroom Series and the Google for Teachers Series.
Number of Units: 3.0 graduate level extension credit(s) in semester hours
Course Materials: No textbook requirement
Technical Requirements
Prerequisites: For those with little to no experience with Google Tools, you may benefit from taking EDU-X718P Learning Readiness with Basic Google Tools which is valuable for both remote teaching and face-to-face teaching, prior to this course.
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Participants in the USD Google Tools for Collaborative Teaching course can expect the following outcomes and benefits upon completion:
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The material we learned in this course was really helpful for someone like me who has dabbled with the Google tools in the past, but never used them constantly. I intended on taking my newly gained skills, share them with my coworkers, teach them to my students, and utilize them in my classroom.
The strength of the class is how each module builds on the next to form a completed project.
One of the best online classroom experiences I’ve had
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This course was perfect before starting a school year with distance learning. I have so many tools for student collaboration while learning from home. I’m excited!
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