Futuro Verde is excited to announce the introduction of Google Classroom. This is a free, web-based platform that allows teachers and students to interact in a paperless way.
Teachers can post announcements and reminders, assignments, projects, ask questions, and send grades and feedback electronically.
Students can submit their assignments for each class, and through the interface with Google Calendar, can easily see what they have due or pending for all classes. Google Classroom should help students work in a more organized way, be more effective time managers, and stay on top of their school responsibilities.
Parents! If you would like to receive notifications about your student’s assignments and work at school and feel more informed, just ask their teacher to include your email for updates.
All secondary students have been provided with an @futuro-verde.org email address and will be required to use the system. The first subjects to use Google Classroom will be Spanish, English, Science, Social Studies, and Mathematics. Each of those teachers will set up their own “classroom” online and students will enrol. After an initial test period, teachers and some students will review the platform and offer suggestions for how we might use it more effectively in the future.
This is an exciting technological development at Futuro Verde and should bring great benefits to teachers, students and parents/guardians.