Google Certified Educator Level One Study Guide

Mr. Yamouth needs to contact a student’s parents to congratulate the student on improved progress. However, their first language is German and they are not fully fluent in English. What is the quickest action he could do to produce an effective email on his own?

• Post the message text on Google+ to see if someone can help translate it to German

• Use Gmail to send a message around the school to search for a student who can help translate the email to German

• Use Google Search to find someone local offering German translation services to help with the email

• Search the Chrome Web Store for the Google Translate extension for Chrome. Use the extension to provide a German version of the text within the email

Students already familiar with a web-connected world will feel immediately at home with Google Classroom. What benefits will they enjoy from their assignments going online?

• Students can discuss assignments in a collaborative environment

• Students can view each other’s assignments if they need ideas

• Assignments and resources are kept organized in one place

• Students can see at a glance when assignments are due

• Students can choose to have assignment results sent directly to their phone as a text message

Mr. Perry has bookmarked a large number of webpages in Chrome while researching class topics. Unfortunately, he’s bookmarked so many that he’s struggling to find relevant content quickly. What can he do within the Bookmark manager of Chrome to simplify and organize his list of bookmarks?

• Delete bookmarks that are not urgently required and search for them again when they are needed

• Use the search function in the Chrome Bookmark Manager

• Rename and organize bookmarks into themed folders so they are labeled clearly

• Create a Doc that lists all favorite websites with links

Mr. Swanson’s politics students had to create a blog about their policies if they were elected to be on the school’s student council. One student received a nasty response from an online user she doesn’t know. What advice should Mr. Swanson give her to overcome this type of response?

• Check and change privacy settings on her blog to see if she had shared it with just members of her school or with the public

• Document the user’s details

• Respond directly to the person and challenge their comments

• Report the incident to a member of staff if it happens again

• Block the person from accessing the blog

Integrating technology in the classroom can benefit a school in many ways, and for various groups of people. Match the benefits of a digital classroom with the pain points they overcome.

• Prescriptive teaching methods that do not allow for teacher creativity in class instruction or materials

• The ability to collaborate remotely in real-time with peers on group projects

• Standardized teaching resources for all students regardless of learning speeds and abilities

• Access to resources and information relevant for different learning speeds

• High volume of printing for assignments and worksheets, and photocopying from textbooks for take-home resources

• Students are given access to different types of information from a range of sources for enhanced problem-solving.

• Students limited to school hours when working with other students on collaborative projects

• Lower printing and copier costs with online resources and file storage

Ms. Garcia has divided her class into groups to work on different geography projects. Each group will present their project to the class using Google Slides. What are some benefits of using Slides in group projects?

• Students can browse and copy slides created by any student at any other school

• Students can edit speaker notes to help improve each other’s presentation delivery

• Students can comment on slides to provide feedback for their group members

• Students can collaborate on the slide desk at the same time

• Students can import videos from YouTube or a Drive folder they’ve shared with each other without additional software

Mr. Jones is keen to move to a paperless class as he finds the process of managing 150 paper based assignments time consuming. How will shifting to Classroom help? When a teacher sets an assignment in Classroom, email notifications and the class Stream ensure students don’t need to be constantly reminded.

• Teachers can define answers when they set assignments to enable auto-grading

• When a student completes an assignment, Classroom automatically emails all related documents to peers in their class for review

• Teachers can grade and comment on assignments directly in Classroom and students will immediately receive email notifications to view their scores

• Students can exchange messages with each other to help clear up any assignment misunderstanding without having to ask their teacher

Students already familiar with a web-connected world will feel immediately at home with Google Classroom. What benefits will they enjoy from their assignments going online?

• Students can see at glance when assignments are due

• Students can discuss assignments in a collaborative environment

• Assignments and resources are kept organized in one place

• Students can choose to have assignment results sent direct to their phone as a text message

• Students can view each other’s assignments if they need ideas

Mr. Bentley finds it easy to use Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides in his classroom as they are very similar to other programs he’s used in the past. He overhears his colleague Ms. Bernard talk about using Google Forms as well, but isn’t sure how it’s relevant in a school environment. Which of the following are relevant uses for Google Forms in education?

• Designing a logo for a school football team

• Surveys for collecting data for group projects

• Gathering feedback on field trips

• Create formative quiz checks at the end of each lesson

Mr. Brixham is the principal at the large school and receives an overwhelming volume of emails from teachers, support staff, students, parents, and the school district governors. He often struggles to find important emails quickly. How can he use the search function in gmail to locate emails more efficiently?

• Search for emails within a label

• Filter emails that have attachments

• Search for emails by sender or recipient

• Search for emails containing hyperlinks

• Search for keywords within emails