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Teaching & Technology M. Apple 1. As teachers, how can we ensure that we teach students life skills that may soon be obsolete?  2. Should we be promoting higher education or trade schools based on the statistics in the article?  3. Incorporating technology into the class is important, but technology advances at a very fast pace. Should schools be responsible for providing teachers with the appropriate training? Net Generation  S. Kumar & K. Vigil 1. Online discussion forums were pretty high for the undergraduates, is this because of the discussions we have to do in online classes? 2. The article is from 2011, I wonder how much it has increased educational use and creation of online content. (Teacher vlogs, instagram teacher accounts, Teacher Tok, etc...)  3. Should we push technology so much onto our students? There is a lot of research talking about how retention is different when students use technology versus pen/paper. TPACK M. Koehler & P. Mishra 1. ...

Teachers From a teacher's standpoint, Google classroom allows effective communication between teachers, students, and parents. As a teacher, I can easily create and assign assignments for students. These assignments can then be digitally completed using one of the many Google apps. Google forms, for example, allows me to create quizzes that are weighted and automatically graded. I can also create announcements for both parents and students reminding them about important information. The announcements can also include videos, pdfs, or images relating to the subject. Google Classroom will also easily sync with other learning apps like nearpod.  Students Google Classroom has many benefits for students also.  Students can easily communicate with his or her teacher and classmates. Students can create to-do lists that will not get lost and turn on mobile notifications for each class. Depending on each teacher's setting, students can see work for each class ahead of time allowing the...