Google Classroom as a great alternative to Moodle or Blackboard Google classroom was a total unknown to me up to a few weeks ago. I had heard it mentioned at the occasional conference but I had never looked any further into it. I always had either Moodle or Blackboard to use as a VLE so I didn't look into the alternatives. However, a few weeks ago I started a short course with students who were attempting to qualify to enter college and so did not have access to the college's main blackboard system. I find it very wasteful to print of reams of notes that probably end up in the bin and asking students to take down loads of notes seems like wasting time to me. I decided to look into what free system I could use that would be fairly straightforward for myself and the students. And so I started looking into google classroom. It only took me about 20 minutes to go from looking it up to actually having a classroom up and running. I was delighted with how simple it was to get...
RebelMaths are two Mathematics Educators working in the Irish Higher Education Sector. We are always seeking ways to improve our teaching and see this blog as a great motivator to make us gather some of our thoughts and maybe share some things we have learned along the way.