Google Groups

GoogleGroups is a site where you can communicate with other people. It is a great way to communicate with other people in your group and to add to things that others may post. We made a story with each person adding another paragraph. It was a really neat thing because even though we were not together doing this, we could still work on it together as long as we had an internet connection.

This assignment was a good description of several NETS-T standards. The first would be
 "Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments-b. Develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress. c. Customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources." By using GoogleGroups, the teacher would be enabling the students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in their own learning. They would have the opportunity to communicate with other students in their class about various topics. I know lots of people who are very shy in person but can "talk" away on a computer. This would give the students a chance to be more open if that was that child's particular situation. 

I really enjoyed this activity and no problems at all while doing it. I liked that I could communicate with the rest of the members of my group and did not even have to be in the same room with them. The information was updated automatically so there was no delay in what someone wrote. I really liked this and will use this in my classroom one day for group projects. 





Here is an example:

     There once was a girl named Shirley Curly. She lived in a big house with her two loving parents who gave her whatever she wanted. Shirley was about eight years old, hair as red as a strawberry, and a few freckles that spread across her cheeks and nose. She was a sweet girl but with a big obsession. She loved lollipops. Over the years she had collected hundreds and hundreds of lollipops of all different flavors.
      Shirley Curly’s favorite flavor of lollipop was green apple. She loved the delicious tart flavor. It was like biting into a real, delicious, juicy, green apple. “As green as your eyes,”e her loving mother would always say, as Shirley Curly unwrapped her green lollipop.
One day, Shirley Curly was feeling a bit blue. She unwrapped the bluest blueberry lollipop she could find.
      When she took a big lick from her blueberry lollipop she got quite a surprise. The blueberry lollipop did not taste like blueberry at all! It tasted like cherry. That is not what it was supposed to taste like! Shirley was very upset about this little situation and the fact that her lollipop was not what she expected so she vowed to never eat another one in her entire life.
       Although Shirley Curly vowed to never eat another blueberry lollipop again she just could not contain herself. As she was walking home from school one day, she came across this mysterious forest that she had never seen before. All of a sudden a fairy popped out from behind the trees and asked her to come take a look inside. She discovered behind the front layer of trees in this forest was a beautiful lollipop dreamland. The dreamland was filled with lollipops. Shirley Curly decided she was going to try everyone of the lollipops in this dreamland. The last lollipop Shirley curly ate was the blueberry lollipop. She wanted to give it one more try. Once she ate the blueberry lollipop she was in heaven. This lollipop was everything she dreamed it would taste like the first time she tried it, but this time it did not taste like cherry. Shirley Curly left the lollipop dreamland very happy and ready to eat blueberry lollipops the rest of her life.



In GoogleGroup you can also make various documents. The assignment was to create a powerpoint presentation. I chose my topic to be the Regions of the United States.