Michael Zhang - Teaching with Google Classroom: Save time and stay organized while delivering online and in-person classes, 2nd Edition

Save time and stay organized while delivering online and in-person classes

Michael Zhang

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Second edition: May 2021

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To my loving wife, who continues to support me each and every day. To my rambunctious daughter, who was the main source of distraction while writing and is the greatest joy in my life. To the editors, project managers, and team members of Packt Publishing, who kept me on track. To Jason Renner, who helped test all the Apple devices and is always willing to discuss ideas. To all my teaching colleagues who shared their thoughts. Thank you all.

Michael Zhang

Michael Zhang is a Google for Education Certified Trainer. He has an education and science degree from the University of Alberta and works within the Edmonton Public Schools division in Canada. He applies Google's Workspace for Education daily within his classroom. Michael has spoken at several teaching conventions and facilitates technology training in Google Apps, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Cloud, Windows and Apple products, and other software. His experience helps him to communicate about technology in a comprehensible manner to his audience. He believes that technology should save time and improve productivity and hopes that this book does just that for its readers.

Benita Moyers is a kindergarten teacher in Alabama. She serves on the board of directors for the Alabama Education Association. As a board member, she volunteers throughout the state to provide in-person and virtual educational technology training workshops. In 2019, she became a Certified Google Trainer. Since the pandemic began in 2020, she has used that training to help educators, parents, and students learn how to use Google Classroom and other Google Workspace for Education tools to navigate the new virtual learning environment. Due to her experience with Google, she was asked to serve her school community as the virtual kindergarten teacher for the 20202021 school year. During this time, she also worked with the National Education Association to write a blended learning module for social and emotional learning, which she facilitates on their learning management system. She has assisted fellow writers by providing mini-coaching sessions for Google Workspace tools.