If you read my last post, you know how much I am in love with Google Classroom right now.  With that, came my exploration of Google Docs.  I wanted to share with you the first project we did using the Google Doc and another site called Tagxedo . In class, we have been discussing theme in children's literature.  This isn't exactly the easiest of topics. In fact, it is something we tackle all year long through these lessons, but as we continue to discuss it, the kids really seem to glom on to the idea of what theme in literature really means (as opposed to main idea.) This past week, we read the story Elephant in the Dark by Mina Jahaverbin and discussed the underlying themes within the text.  Together, we brainstormed what exactly the author was trying to teach us (as opposed to the main idea summary of the text).  After much discussion, they all seemed to grasp at least one main theme for the text and I set them off to write a paragraph with the reasons and textual evi...
Google Classroom is something that has been around for a little bit.  And, I am going to be honest with you, until this past week, I couldn't have cared less about it. I know.  I am a blogger who uses technology in my own life on a consistent constant basis but in the classroom, I was lucky to get my ELMO to work long enough to play a little GoNoodle. However, this past week, I was in a jam.  I needed the kids to type something up for our librarian and the computer lab was in use all week.  I was faced with the prospect of checking out our chromebooks (which I am well aware of just how lucky I am to have access to three class sets of them), and typing on there.  My computer teacher suggested we use Google Docs.  So I checked it out and...my MIND WAS BLOWN. Since I am new to this, and maybe some of you are too, I thought I would start a blog series for you documenting my experiences with Google Classroom and all of the wonders it holds as I learn about it.  Today's post ...