WorksheetsGoogle Certified Educator Level One Study Guide
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
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.
Access to resources and information relevant for different learning speeds
Prescriptive teaching methods that do not allow for teacher creativity in class instruction or materials
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
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
Lower printing and copier costs with online resources and file storage
High volume of printing for assignments and worksheets, and photocopying from textbooks for take-home resources
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
Mr. Murakami leaves written notes with motivational quotes for his students by writing them on paper and leaving them in different locations in his classroom. Occasionally his students will claim they didn’t get a note or admit that they lost it. What can he do to overcome this issue and still send these motivational messages?
Use Hangouts to video call his students when he needs to talk to them urgently outside of school hours
Use Calendar to set up a task calendar for deadlines
Use instant messaging in Hangouts to send messages directly to students, which can be received on a PC or through a mobile app
Use Groups to send group messages to all students in his class
Ms. Villagarcia has been tasked by the principal to improve communication and discussion between teachers and support staff. What is the most appropriate tool to fulfill the need?
She can use Google Sheets to take minutes during faculty meetings and share them with participants and missing faculty members.
She can use Google Sites to build a website containing all of the school’s policy documentation and set up a contacts page so staff members can send their comments directly to her to distribute to relevant people.
Mr. Kapoor struggles to find inspiration from his peers. What is one benefit of establishing a Personal Learning Network (PLN)?
By subscribing to a Personal Learning Network, he would get paid access to educational material and advanced digital teaching tools.
By forming a Private Learning Network, he would get access to an exclusive website that allows for cloud-based resource sharing and messaging between local educators.
By joining a Professional Learners’ Network, he would get access to teacher training courses, and join regular seminars conducted by teacher training specialists
By establishing a Personal Learning Network, he would develop links with other local and non-local educators to share ideas and best practices, and to call upon for teaching advice.
Why explain the importance of digital citizenship in a digital classroom?
So students maximize opportunities to earn money online
So students understand what they should and shouldn’t do online, and to act in a safe and respectful manner
So students can connect with the most relevant people through social media
So students understand how to get the most views and interaction to make their online content go viral
Mr. Elba is editing a presentation in Google Slides and wants to improve the appearance of the slides. What visual elements can he incorporate into his presentation to make it more visually appealing?
Embed relevant YouTube videos to break up the text and presentation
Insert fonts and color combinations intentionally to attract attention to key elements of the lesson
Use as much text as possible to provide a more thorough understanding of the content
Mrs Powell is looking at ways to reduce the amount of printing undertaken in class. How can Google Drive help?
Google Drive can automatically reformat documents before printing to save on paper
Google Drive makes files easily accessible from anywhere, so there is less need to print and carry documents into class
Google Drive can be configured so the printing of files in class is password protected
All class print requests can be rerouted in Google Drive to the school office
Files in Google Drive can be shared with a simple link in an email. No need to print a copy for someone in class
Ms. Pietersen is the deputy principal in a school split across two sites. She travels regularly between the two sites by bus, but is annoyed with the amount of time she wastes traveling. She would like to make better use of her commute time. What can she do?
She can use the Offline View app on her smartphone to download an offline version of all unread emails so she can read her emails while traveling
She can use the YouTube app on her smartphone to listen to music and use that time to relax between on-site meetings
She can use the Gmail mobile app on her smartphone to access her school email account to read, send, and reply emails
She can turn on the Agenda app on her PC before she travels, which will sort her tasks and meetings while she’s traveling and arrange them in priority order when she’s back at her PC
