Communication Tool #6

Communication Tool #6

Google Hangouts – Students, teachers and families can “hangout” using this tool. Students and teachers can use this for collaboration projects, tutoring, asking questions in a “face to face” virtual meeting on their iPads or laptops from the comfort of home. Students can do projects such as collaborating for a presentation or studying for an assessment together. Teachers can easily collaborate as well for team teaching activities, professional development or co-teaching activities such as report cards from home in their jammies. Some people prefer Google Hangouts over Skype. Sometimes, Skype can have availability issues and Google Handouts don’t. You can also access Google Drive while you’re using Google Hangouts, which makes any collaboration project for students or teachers easy as pie.

Early Elementary Technology Tool Rubric

	Score 1-DNM 2-PM 3-M 4-E	Notes
Safety	4	This offers more of a sense of security and privacy in comparison to the public platforms of Twitter and Facebook.  Students and teachers can only talk to or see who they invite to their conversations by calling, messaging or a virtual face to face meeting.
Student Enjoyability	4	Students will love this tool for collaboration with peers on projects or extra help from their teachers. They can call, message or have a virtual face –to- face meeting.
Accessibility	4	This tool is free. YAY! Students and teachers can use this tool easily.  Sometimes, if your internet isn’t working well due to weather, it can give you trouble. J (Personal experience)
Feedback (When Applicable)	4	It is easy to give feedback to students as  a teacher, parent or peer by messaging or virtually face- to -face. Peers and parents can give feedback by calling, messaging or face -to –face.
Higher Level Thinking	4	Students can demonstrate higher level thinking abilities within their academic assignments, reflections and their individual response to feedback by parents, teachers and peers. They can collaborate with peers and enhance their critical thinking skills.