Curator's Reflection

Hey there! I’m Elena and this week I’ve been the curator of the group. This week I am in charge of compile and organieze in a schematic way all the information sources that we have used for the development of the activity.

I hope you like it! 💗😁

Star’s reflection

Hello to all of you! I'm Ana and today I am going to show you our Task 9 final product, as I am the star!

This week, we were supposed to work on exploring the concept of Teaching Competence for a Digital World. We had to create an infographic which showed its main elements and characteristics, as well as some relationships with other elements of education and participants in the teaching process.

Here you can see it!

This is our last task in the subject of Educational Resources and ICT. It has been a pleasure to spend this second semester showing to you all the works we have been able to do. As you know, 2020-2021 has been kind of a strange school year, but I think we have found the best way possible to succeed in our studies. Thank u all for being at the other side of the screen; it means a lot for us! 

Happy Flowers will always remember you!

Translator's reflexion

 Hi everyone, it's Alicia and this last week I'm the translator, which is the same role I developed in task 1! This week we have explored the concept of Teaching Competence for a Digital World. Now i'll proceed to define the 5 concepts of this task 9 that I want to highlight:

• Infographic: it consists of an explicatory image which combines text, ilustrations and designs. Its purpose is to summarize complex and relevant information in a quick and direct way.
• Digital era: refers to the historial period marked by a great development of the digital technology
• Pedagogical content knowledge: it is a knowledge that relates pedagogical knowledge with his disciplinary specialization.
• Technological content knowledge: constitutes the relationship between the knowledge of the contents being taught and technology.
• TPACK: is the relationship between technological, pedagogical and content knowledge.

I hope you have enjoyed our posts during this course. We'll miss you :(

Good bye<3

Analyst's reflection

 Hi everyone!! What's up?? Welcome to our last posts of this Resources and ICT course! It's Ana Isabel and this week I'm performing the role of the analyst of the Happy Flowers group 😬💪🏼

So... I could imagine that you should know what the analyst has to do, isn't it? Well, in case you don't, the analyst is in charge of explaining our experience doing this activity and the process we've followed.

Let's start with the reflection of task 9 - Teaching in a Digital World!

The best part of the activity was to create the infographics all together and to learn more about teaching in digital competence. We were all together supporting and informing each other about the concepts for a better understanding and internalization of them, which also made it easier.

As for this activity in particular, I could say that the hardest part was to agree to meet and hold the zoom meetings due to the fact that we are close to our exams period and a lot of work and projects to do.

The best part of the activity was to create the infographics all together and to learn more about teaching in digital competence. We bring out (more or less) our creative side and ideate on how to make infographics with canva

However, the worst issue could be at the time of writing the script, to make the explanations so that they made sense and were brief and concise. In addition, the fact of having to make such a visual type of exhibition, having to reduce the text so much and using objects the more visual the better was also complicated and frustrating, but well, I would say that we finally did it enjoying it.

We have learnt how to make a correct infographic, to select the information we need to do the activity from a extensive text and the way it has to been explained. Besides, we learnt the steps or requirements to be an "effective -technological" teacher. 

As a group I think we work well. Collaboration, comradeship and responsibility (not only for our personal marks, but also for those of the other members of the group) are three values that we have really in mind. If I had to highlight something to improve, it would be the organisation of the zoom meetings, as sometimes we organise ourselves with little time and there are times when we are not all there.

From my point of view, there is some content in this precise task that we had already worked on in another subject in the first four-month period of the year: action planning. It integrated theoretical knowledge, practical knowledge, methodologies and their types when teaching and informed about the need to innovate the different strategies and practices they used with students. All this for one purpose: to be an effective teacher.

I have to say that this is my last post, which makes me nostalgic because we have been publishing in our blog every single week. In addition (as a summary of the course) I have acquired knowledge that I am sure that, in this digital era, I will be able to develop and put into practice in greater depth when I become a teacher.

I have been able to learn to analyze, identify and apply the different existing techniques related to ICT, to have a role to play within a group and to focus beyond sharing and helping each other in the tasks and above all to be more effective.

And, having said that, that's all! I hope you enjoyed it as much as we have enjoyed doing our nine tasks.

Take care and be happy!! See ya! 

Star's reflection

 Hi! It's Alicia and this week I'm performing the role of the star🌟

During the pandemic, we all have realized the crucial role that online communications have developed in education. According to that, in this task our group will imagine we are a teacher's team in the post CoVid19 environment situation who want to create some permanent channels of online education.

For the development of the task we made a PLE about how to create a Youtube Channel, a Twitter account and an online announcement board. 

Here you can see how our PLE turned out, we made it on Canva:

Since I was the star, I was the one in charge on presenting our PLE to the teacher and the peers. At first, we didn't understand very well what the teacher was asking us to do in this task and the presentation was a bit of a mess. But after the teacher explained us how we could correct it, we did some changes and fixed the task. 

We're really happy of how it turned out and hope you like it as much as we. 

Remember to never give up because of the mistakes, effort will pay off💪💪

Translator's reflection

 Hi there! What's up? I'm Ana Isabel, and for task 8 I have performanced the role of the translator! 

Here you have the Prezi presentation I've done to tell you a little bit more about the core terms of our last activity. Hope you like it! :)

https://prezi.com/view/yb8qPDU8Igt93jooDZTx/

Curator's reflection

 Hey there! It's Paula. This week I've been performing the curator role 😄.

Task 8 is about PLE (Personal Learning Environments). We've had to use a lot of tools to develop the task, so here is the mindmap with all of them gathered !! 😊

We hope you liked it!

See you next week 👋👋

Analyst's Reflection

Hey there! I’m Elena and this week I’ve been the analyst of the group. I’m in charge of conducting the final reflection of Task 8, so here it is!👋😋

This week has been a strange week since at the beginning we were not very clear about the task but between all of us we got it out as best we could.

This week we have really enjoyed dividing the tasks together, as well as zooming together. The best part of the task has been when we had almost everything finished that we already saw the light at the end of the tunnel. We really liked researching what a PLE was because it was totally out of our comfort zone and it was very interesting.

Without a doubt, the worst part was the presentation day, since it did not turn out as we expected. We had the feeling that we had done everything correctly, and it was not like that. But hey, as we have learned in other weeks, you learn from everything and from mistakes, more. Of what we were wrong last Tuesday, in the future we will know how to apply it to our lives. And well, despite not having it 100% well, thanks to the feedback we got, we have been able to modify and improve it. 😓

This week I would undoubtedly keep our problem solving, although it i s true that we have had it for a few tasks ago.And the truth is that I would not know what to improve, because we have given everything of ourselves and we have done it as we thought it was good.

This task has helped us to realize that each person has a completely different PLE. From the beginning of the course, we have had total freedom to use the applications and tools that we have wanted, and without realizing it, we have been updating our PLE week after week, discovering new tools that we will use in our future as teachers.

I hope you are enjoying our posts and learning with us!! 😊😊

Facilitator’s reflection

Hey there! I’m Ana and I’ve performed the role of the facilitator during the last week. As you all know, I am supposed to solve any problem we had to face, motivate my peers and check if all of them are fulfilling their tasks, between other things! So let’s see how has it been.

I have to admit that Task 8 is simpler than we have made it. At first, we were a bit confused as we didn’t know exactly what we needed to do and how to organise the activity. We came to the conclusion that we could talk to our peers from others groups in order to see how were they performing the activity with the objective of placing ourselves a little bit more. It really helped us! -Guys, it is important for you to know that you are able to ask for some help whenever you need it (and it is easier when you have such a good friends-peers in your class😊)-.

Then, we started to think about what tools we were going to use and, so, we must include in the PLE. Sadly, we started to become even more and more complicated at each moment, as since the first moment we hadn’t got a clear idea of what we had to do. We added some tools that can seem like we didn’t really need them to perform the exercise, like extra ones. But we didn’t realise that until Tuesday’s class, when Linda gave us some feedback after correcting our task’s presentation. For example, if we used Google Docs, why we need to use Microsoft Word? In short, it hasn’t been our best task, but it has been useful for us to learn about it! You always have to look for the positive side💪

As we didn’t have performed the task in the better way, we needed to correct some things before uploading it to the blog. Yesterday, some of the Happy Flowers were studying together for the final exams through videoconference in Zoom, doing an Study With Me (a studying method that works so well!); and we decided to stop some time and take a break from studying to correct the task. In our Star’s reflection, you can see our Task 8 final result! We think it is clearly now. 

Now, I have just uploaded a post with Task 8 final product to our Instagram profile. Here you can see it ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/p/COpqTX1MABy/?igshid=1cs69ichgxt6k 

I am so happy that we are too closed to summer holidays😍, hope u are waiting for them as I am doing. TASK 9 IS THE ONLY ONE LEFT! Come on guys, we’re almost there!👋

Translator's reflection

 Hey there! It’s Paula, and this week I have the translator role. 😊😊

Task 7 has been very fun and interesting to develop, as we have discovered a fantastic project focused on teaching children computer sciences, which sometimes go a bit unnoticed in the classroom despite their importance.

Without further delay, here are the five main concepts of this subject! 😄

I hope you liked it!! 

See you next week 👋

Curator's reflection

 Hello everyone! It's Alicia and this week I'm the curator of the group.

I'll share with you all the webs, apps and documents we have used in order to complete this task.

To create the radio program we used the following resources: Voice Recorder App, Common Sense, Hour of Code, Audacity and Filmora.

To carry out the exposition we used Google Drive and Zoom. 

In this mind map I made you can see the utilities of the resources as well as the links to use them.

Hope you learn some useful information and discover new tools too.

Bye!

Facilitator's reflection

Hi everyone! This is Ana Isabel and this week I'm the facilitator of the Happy Flowers group 💪🏼

The task of this week allowed us to have fun and create content in a new format: a radio program! 🎙️📻 Mixing all the competencies and knowledge we have acquired, I think we have done it in a good and effective way.

At first, we divided the three activities into mini-groups to keep it easier. In pairs, we chose one of the options (no computer or devices, no or poor internet connection and non technological devices activities) and we worked on them. I have to say that maybe, the only concern we had was when doing the "non technological devices activity" due to the difficulty of showing and proofing how we did the activity, but this wasn't at all a big problem.

We had to think about doing them as if the activities were done in class, but this was not difficult at all because the platform "hour of code" allowed and provided us the information for doing it (the length of time, the technology used, the topics discussed, the required experience of the student's, etc). We have learn so much with this website and I'm sure we will use it in the future and we will put these activities on practice.

In a zoom meeting, we organised the activities and we created a shared document on Google Drive to create a "script" for our radio program. We tried to allocate all the ideas we had to say in the better way and, like this, we could have a nice final result, with a lot of collaboration and a notable participation of everyone on it.

We only felt a little frustration when editing the audio of the radio program, because we didn't know how to edit everyone at the same time and make it easier in this way 😬. We tried two or three tools in order to see how they worked, but finally we decided to do it with "Audacity". However, the problem was still there: we could edit together at the same time, but we quickly found a solution. We recorded ourselves at home and then we upload our audios to a shared folder in Google Drive and we numbered the audios as they were in order and it could be easier for the person who would edit the audio. In this case, Elena was the editor of the audio, and it was really easy for her to do it because of the great idea of putting the audios in order. Then, she also added a free license music for the audio with Filmora and... that's it, it was done! ✔️

We didn't find any real or mayor concern on doing this task, so I could say we are satisfied with this task.

I really hope it has been such a nice week for you too! 😉

star's reflection

Hi there! This is Daniela and this week I've been the star of the task 7, called "Exploring Tasks with Digitals Computational Thinking and Coding", but this time without Elena :(😓

The Hour of Code https://hourofcode.com/ is a global movement that helps you to explore tasks for coding. So, in this task we were required to test three activities from this website where we can find lots of games that allow us to learn how to code: https://hourofcode.com/us/gb/learn 😍

Those three activities that we had to choose had to be from those classified on Grades 2-5.

One of them had to be used on poor or no internet conditions, another without computers or devices and the last one as we wished, without requirements.

After having tested the three of them and collecting some evidence that you can se on the journalist's post, we had to answer some questions. Finally, we had to present our work in a Podcast format, including an advertisment for "The Hour of Code", an interview regarding the experience and a reflection about the importance of using this activities in the classroom. 

I know that you are looking forward to listen to our radio program so here you have the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XMRcuQ2Zlb0PJRzLwtk3F2feM09oYie6/view?usp=sharing 👏💥

Also, we had to asses the three games we had tested and include them in the general classroom Ethics Tools' database that we created for task 5: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M2toJxN0cHBrjoYckRHCjf6jg8Fwzt3MItwZPYfK188/edit?usp=sharing

I have really enjoyed this task and the process of doing it. I found it a very interesting activity from which we have learned a lot. I didn't even know that The Hour of Code movement existed! So it has been a good discovery and it is good to know that these types of games exist in order to use them in our future as teachers😍

Regarding the process of doing the task, it was quite new as we have never created a radio program before , but the apps recommeded by Linda made it easy to create it. Also, we really enjoyed doing it as we laughed a lot listening to the audios in which we didn't get the sentences right😂

Enjoy the weekend and see you next week with task 8!!👋

Journalist's reflection

Hey there! I’m Elena and this week I’ve been the journalist of the group. This week I am in charge of telling you a bit about our week of work, what we have done and the process. In addition, I wanted to make a more visual weekly article, with a video. So you can choose whether to read the article or watch it.

 

First of all, before getting down to the actual task, we divided up the roles. One day later, on Friday, we decided to meet to find out how to start the task and to see if we had any doubts. As well as dividing up the work itself. We also divided the three parts in pairs, so that each pair played a game. But before choosing the games we explored the website 'The hour of code'. Finally, after trying several, we ended up choosing "Dance Party", "Passion for Pixels" and "Dragon Blast".

The next day, each pair was left to their own devices according to their schedule, without pressure. Each one recorded themselves playing and learning. In addition to evaluating the applications with the rubric we did in Task 5. 

On Sunday 25/04 we all met again to see together what each one had, and to advise each other on our games. Once this sharing was done, we made a possible script, in which we only put as a dialogue the questions given by Linda and a question about our experience with each game.

Finally, on Monday Linda published the instructions to make the radio itself, so as we already had a draft script, the only thing we did on the script was to add what was missing (the announcement, the reflection and a bit more about our experience). After doing this, we divided the script and started recording. This process was quite funny as we did a lot of takes until it came out the way we liked it. After we had it all recorded, it was time for the editing phase. First we started to edit it and put all the audios together with Audacity, once we finished what we wanted to do there, we used Filmora to perfect it. Finally we converted it to audio. We stayed up late working on it, as we preferred to have it all done, so that on Tuesday morning we could just share it.

Here you can listen to our final work.

And that's how our week of work went.

This week we discovered the Audacity That is a very useful app for editing audios.

Also, as this week's journalist, I would like to recommend the JAMAP group. The organisation of their blog is impeccable, as well as the information they publish and the recommendations, which are very useful. 

In addition, I would like to recommend the blog of https://www.imaginacreaeduca.com/ because it is a blog I have been following for a long time, as well as her Instagram account, and I have found it very useful and inspiring. It's mainly about resources for teachers, organisers, etc. 

I hope you like this! See you soon!💕👋

Analyst's reflection

 Hello guys! I'm Ana and this week I would perform the role of the analyst. In this post you will be able to read our task 7 final reflection, which is about exploring tasks with digitals, computational thinking and coding. Hope you could learn something about it!😉

One of the best parts of the activity was recording the audios for the radio program. I think it was different, and, for that reason, more enjoyable. Performing the three activities was also funny and entertaining, but it was similar to the previous tasks we've done before! On the other hand, the worse part of the task was trying to find an activity which was interesting enough for us, as we didn't wanted to do, you know, like the first activity we found without wondering if it was a mediocre one. 

The best moment in the work of the group was on Monday, as we were all involved in the task as a team, working together and being so productive. Another great moment was when we were able to listen to our final work and to see, thanks to that, the results of our effort. It was really gratifying for us! Nevertheless, at first, we didn't had the instructions for doing the radio program as an autonomous work, and we were a bit lost. We didn't know if we had to wait until monday to start recording and to modify the script, how much time did we have and so on.

With this task, we have learnt that there are more kinds of activities suitable for doing without Internet connection or even without computers or devices than we thought and this is awesome. 

For the next time, we need to conserve the method in which we work, as a group, colaborating always all together. Maybe we could improve being more productive when we meet through Zoom, because sometimes we spend time talking about our things and laughing. Even so, I think this isn't a really bad thing for us, as it is also important to have fun and enjoy each moment!

The content worked in task 7 is directly related to the course and our degree because it is about the different types of activities and games children are able to do, and they might be very useful for the real life, as children could be able to do the same task as the one we've done this week.

I wish this post has been useful for u. I've enjoyed writing it and reflecting on it. See you next week, buddies!!!💓

Analyst's reflection

 Hey everyone! 🙋🏻‍♀️ What's up? I’m Ana Isabel and for this task I’ve been the analyst of the group. My aim this week is to do a final reflection of our work, so here you have it!

This week, the best part of the activity for us was elaborating the storytelling. We didn't used "Animaker" before and we had never invented and created a story like the one we did, so undoubtedly it was a very special and nurturing experience for us.

I don't really know how to say what has been the worse part of doing this task, maybe the more boring one has been evaluating the different apps we have used. Actually, I think we have enjoyed a lot this activity of the week and there is nothing really worse.

The best moment of the week was when we all were creating the script for our storytelling "Gabriella and the poetry". We were all giving different ideas to compose the whole story, and this was a really creative and rewarding part of the task. However, I think there was a worse moment of the week. This was the one in which we were like a whole day without any inspiration nor new ideas. We were a bit "disoriented" because it was the first day of the task and none of us knew where to start.

We have learnt so many things! We discovered two amazing apps: "Pathbrite" and "Animaker". We didn't know at all about this tools, but once you use them, you would like to repeat! There are really interesting, especially Animaker. It is an easy and fantastic tool for creating videos in the way you want, offering you many options of customization.

For the remaining weeks of this course, we have to mantain the good vibes and the strong collaboration and communication we have among us. However, the only thing I think we could improve is the positivism, because sometimes we crash down for a moment, and this is not bad, but maybe we can be a little bit more positive.

The content we have seen in this activity is very important for us as future teachers. Knowing about the different apps we could use to create different content and to develop our creativity is really crucial. Besides, nowadays technology and computers are a huge part of our present-day life, and getting to know about TACCLE is something which I'm sure that it will help us in the future in some way.

So, this is everything! I encourage you to use and try this three amazing tools: "Animaker" (An online do-it-yourself  animation video maker), "Pathbrite" (An online tool for ePortfolios) and "Vocabulary.com" (A platform all about words).

Hope you liked it! 👍🏼

See you and take care!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Journalist's reflection.

Hi!👋 It’s Paula, and this week I’m performing the role of journalist. If you want to know how our week has been, keep reading!!😉

This task, the sixth one, started on 14th April. The format of this task was very similar to the one of Task 4. We had to explore TACCLE 2 book, chose an activity, perform it as if we were the students, and then prepare a Pecha Kucha presentation (20 slides in 20 seconds each) explaining how it went and asking some questions. In this case, the activities included in TACCLE 2 book were focused on digitals for fostering transversal key competencies. 

On our first meeting, we chose the three activities we were going to combine to create a whole task and we started working on them. We decided to create a short movie, so we started by writing the script on Pathbrite. Once we had the script, we used vocabulary.com to write down the new words we had learned while writing our story. After that, we created the video with Animaker, which I must admit was really funny. One positive aspect of this online tool is that it is possible for more than one person to create and edit at the same time, which made our work way easier and quicker. Finally, we designed an invitation to the presentation of the film in Canva. 

Once we had done the task we developed by combining three activities of the book, we were ready to start working on the slide show. We created a shared Google Doc and a Google Presentation to answer the task's questions and to prepare the Pecha Kucha. 

I have to say that we were very effective this week and much more concrete than the weeks before. There hasn’t been any problem beyond the little indecision when we had to choose the three activities on the book, which I don’t really consider a problem itself, but a natural part of the process of starting a task. As a group, we think we have improved a lot since the start of this subject, reflecting on how we work now and the results we are obtaining. 

To conclude, this is a summary of the apps and online tools we have discovered thanks to this task: 

• Pathbrite.
• Animaker.
• Vocabulary.com

Last but not least, I would like to recommend a blog from my classmates: https://fantas-ticgirls.blogspot.com/. They are very hard-working and their posts are really interesting!.  

See you next week 😊😊.

Bye!!👋

Star's Reflection

Hi there! We're Daniela and Elena, and this week we've been the stars of our group. ⭐⭐

This week we've been in charge of presenting to our classmates the task 6 of the subject which is called "Exploring Tasks with Digitals for Fostering Transversal Competencies"

The first step of this task is to download the book KEY COMPETENCES of TACCLE2 books: http://taccle2.eu/wp/books-2 Then, we have to choose four activities from different key competences in order to create a complex one.

Once the complex activity is done, we have to carry it out and answer the questions given by Linda. After all of that is finished and organized, we have to start creating our presentation with the PechaKucha format. This format consists of 20 slides of 20 seconds each of them that pass automatically. In this PechaKucha presentation we must include our experience doing the activity we have created, the answers to the questions and some recommendations. 

Finally, we have to assess the apps we have used and include them in the general classroom Ethics Tools' database that we created for task 5

If you want to see our final work, you just have to click on the following link: 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1e1vJfQb-puoN5qn4oAu6Nvz0LYN1IfkG4Zj-97O6XyY/edit?usp=sharing

From our point of view as Stars, this task has been pleasant to present since we've been so involved and we have enjoyed creating it all together. The day of the presentation we were a bit nervous since it was the first time presenting a PechaKucha and we were under pressure because of the time.

Finally, everything went smoothly and we were very happy with the result.

Translator's reflection

 Hello!!! I'm Ana and my role this week is the translator. I will explain you the main 5 concepts of this topic and what have been the weaknesses at performing the task.

Transversal Competencies: They refer to all the skills and knowledge children should acquire to fit well in today's world. They almost concern their future work world and careers, as well as the school context.

Video: It is an audiovisual method of exposing whatever you want to say, or even receiving information and learning from it. It is also so easy to make. We have met through videoconferences to do the task, have watched different videos to learn how some apps worked and finally, presented our final work in video format.

Games: Games can make the learning process easier for children, as they enjoy while they are stuyding. In this task, they are supposed to come to know new vocabulary by playing games.

Bloom Taxonomy: The Bloom Taxonomy helps us to classify the different learning objectives in any task and, thanks to that, assess if they are suitable for us.

Technology: Technology combines the scientific knowledge with the Internet devices and creates a broad concept which is in everybody's daily life. It is sawn along all our work, since we have done it with different online apps, as Canva, Animaker, Vocabulary.com or Pathbrite. While performing the task, students will develop their technological skills as well.

What has been our main weakness while performing the task?

The main weakness we could have experienced has been trying to put all the information we had in a Pecha-Kucha of only 20 slides! I think we had too much information to show and we needed to summarise it.

Hope you've liked the post!!! Each moment we are even more and more closed to the end of the school year... Summer is about to start and I am waiting anxiously😍😍 See ya soon, guys👋

Facilitator's reflection

 Hello! It's Alicia and this week I have developed the role of facilitator

As you already know, the facilitator is in charge of making easier the group configuration and running. In order to achieve the goal of my role, I started by distributing the roles. Normally, I would have done a raffle (the one we consider to be the most fair), but this week we didn't need it as Daniela and Elena hadn't been stars yet. The result of the rest of the roles was the following: Paula jurnalist, Ana Isabel analyst, Ana María translator and me (Alicia) facilitator.

Then we read all the activities and chose the more interesting one for us. The 4 we liked the most were learning to learn, communication in foreign language, digital competence and lastly, cultural awareness and expression. 

We answered the questions related to the task in a zoom call, so we all contributed with our knowledge and ideas. Later we did the presentation but we weren't able to do it during a call because it was more difficult for us to coincide so each one did her part. Lastly, I reviewed the grammar, the format and the spelling. 

The previous day we encouraged and motivated our amazing stars, who did an excellent job while presenting the Pecha Kucha.👏👏

Have a nice weekend.

See you next week in another role💋

STAR'S REFLECTION - GOOGLE CLASSROOM

Hi everyonee! This is Daniela and in this task I have chosen Google Classroom as an online tool to evaluate it.

Google Classroom is a free web service developed by Google for schools that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments. The primary purpose of Google Classroom is to streamline the process of sharing files between teachers and students.

To evaluate Google Classroom I have used the following two tools:

•  The rubric for eLearning Tool Evaluation: 

Category	Criteria
Functionality	Scale	Minor concerns: The tool can scaled to accommodate any size class but lacks flexibility to create smaller sub-groups or communities of practice
	Ease of Use	Works well: The tool has a user-friendly interface and it is easy for instructors and students to become skillful with in a personalized and intuitive manner.
	Tech Support / Help Availability	Works well: Campus-based technical support and /or help documentation is readily available and aids users in troubleshooting tasks or solving problems experienced; or, the tool provider offers a robust support platform
	Hypermediality	Works well: The tool allows users to communicate through different channels (audio, visual, textual) and allows for flexible/adaptive engagement with material (educators can share learning resources, reading materials, videos, links, and handouts)
Accessibility	Accessibility standards	Minor concerns: The tool has some limited capacity to meet accessibility guidelines
	User-focused participation	Works well: The tool is designed to address the needs of diverse users, their various literacies, and capabilities, thereby widening opportunities for participation in learning (Google Classroom has recently added the ability to send assignments for a specific student or group of students, what enables us to adapt more and more to the needs of our students)
	Required Equipment	Works well: Proper use of the tool does not require equipment beyond what is typically available to instructors and students (computer with built-in speakers and microphone, internet connection, etc.)
	Cost of Use	Works well: All aspects of the tool can be used free of charge.
Technical	Integration/ Embedding within a Learning Management System (LMS)	Works well: The tool can be embedded (as an object via HTML code) or fully integrated (e.g. LTIcompliant tools) into an LMS while maintaining full functionality of the tool.
	Desktop / Laptop Operating Systems	Works well: Users can effectively utilize the tool with any standard, up-to date operating system.
	Browser	Works well: Users can effectively utilize the tool with any standard, up-to date browser
	Additional Downloads	Works well: Users do not need to download additional software or browser extensions
Mobile Design	Access	Works well: The tool can be accessed, either through the download of an app or via a mobile browser, regardless of the mobile operating system and device. Design of the mobile tool fully takes into consideration the constraints of a smaller-sized screen.
	Functionality	Works well: There is little to no functional difference between the mobile and the desktop version, regardless of the device used to access it. No difference in functionality between apps designed for different mobile operating systems.
	Offline Access	Minor concerns: Offers a kind of offline mode, where the tool can be used offline (check out your work) but core functionality is affected.
Privacy, Data Protection, and Rights	Sign Up/  Sign In	Minor concerns: instructors are the only users required to provide personal information to set up an account ( each user has unique login credentials so that individual accounts remain protected and the teacher should restrict Classroom activity to class members.)
	Data Privacy and Ownership	Works well: Users maintain ownership and copyright of their intellectual property/data; the user can keep data private and decide if / how data is to be shared
	Archiving, Saving, and Exporting Data	Works well: Users can archive, save, or import and export content or activity data in a variety of formats You can customize your archive format: Delivery method - send download link via email -Add to Drive -Add to Dropbox - Add to Microsoft OneDrive -Add to Box Export type -One-time archive (Create a single archive of your selected data.) -Scheduled exports (Automatically create an archive of your selected data every 2 months for one year) File type -Zip files (These files can be opened on almost any computer.) -Tgz files (You may need additional software to open these files on Windows.)
Social Presence	Collaboration	Minor concerns: The tool has the capacity to support a community of learning through asynchronous but not synchronous opportunities for communication, interactivity, and transfer of meaning between users There is no real communication with others and they are not in the same place.
	User Accountability	not applicable
	Diffusion	Works well: The tool is widely known and popular, especially with the pandemic situation. it’s likely that most learners are familiar with the tool and have basic technical competence with it.
Teaching Presence	Facilitation	Works well: The tool has easy-to-use features that would significantly improve an instructor’s ability to be present with learners via active management, monitoring, engagement, and feedback
	Customization	Works well : easily customized to suit the classroom context. You can modify the details of a class and customize its settings. For example, you can change the name of the class and select how class assignments are displayed on the board. Also, you can set up a rating system and show or hide overall grades in the class. if you allow it, students can post messages and comment on each other's posts on the board page.You can watch comments and posts that individual students have written and then deleted.
	Learning Analytics	Serious concerns: The tool does not support the collection of learning analytics
Cognitive Presence	Enhancement of Cognitive Task(s)	Serious concerns:The tool acts as a direct tool substitute with no functional change to engagement in the targeted cognitive task(s)
	Higher Order Thinking	not applicable
	Metacognitive Engagement	not applicable

• Common Sense Privacy Program

Privacy evaluation for Google classroom is here, so you can find the information in the following link: https://privacy.commonsense.org/evaluation/Google-Classroom

Hope you like it and see you next week!🙋