Google opens the door to all new Classroom

One of the biggest problems faced by teachers worldwide is keeping in touch with the students. Keeping this mind Google had announced a limited preview of Classroom. The main aim of Classroom, a tool developed by Google, is to make the teachers stay connected with the students, help them in their studies, give them assignments and also collect feedback.  As per Google, after the launch almost 100,000 educators and teachers from around 45 countries have already signed up for the trial run.

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Google has decided to launch it worldwide; anybody having a Google Apps for Education account can now try out the service. Google has taken a step further and made the Classroom tool available in 42 languages. The teacher or the educators will have the access to the content management system. They can use it to the homework assignments and also post the recent updates. They have complete freedom of adding and removing students from the classroom.  The teacher can also give the feedback to the students and grade them on the assignments.

As an initiative of Google Apps for Education suite, this service is provided free of cost to the schools, the service is also integrated with Google Drive and other productivity apps like Google Docs and Slide. Classroom is among the several initiatives taken up by Google for schools to benefit from; another application that has found a place for itself is the Chrome books in schools.  Google has also kept in mind that teacher should be able to buy the apps; hence they provide Android apps and books easily to the teachers, who in turn can distribute them to the students.

With the launch of Classroom, Google has sort of brought a closure to the entire cycle of student interaction. Students have the liberty of using the Google laptops equipped with Google’s apps; finish the assignments in Google Docs, followed by submission via Classroom.  Now it is up to the teachers and also the parents to decide whether they want Google to become the epicenter of the education system, or choose to do otherwise.  The choice is there should they want to try it out. Google intention of making education system easier has been accomplished.s