Reflection On Google Classroom

Google classroom is a free service for educational institutions, including schools and universities. Classroom allows educators to enroll students in a digital class, which is a page for students to access their assignments, including instructions, due dates, and other helpful tools. For instance, teachers may attach Google Docs documents, Google Slides presentations, and other assorted files. Then, students can submit their assignments using their Google account.

Within the Google Classroom, students and teachers can have conversations about the assignments and task. It makes the work of the teacher easier as well as it encourages the student to learn. By using Google classroom we can have effective teaching and learning. After learning about how to create Google classroom I came to know that by using Google classroom in the school, it can be beneficial to the teacher, where they can create a forum and upload the information that they are going to teach. It can also save the precious time of a teacher where they don’t have to use paper and pen and obviously the chalk.

A teacher can also check whether each individual is participating or not and can give immediate feedback. I find many advantages in using Google Classroom. As there is a saying every advantage has its disadvantages, I found some disadvantages in using Google Classroom. We know that different student has a different learning style so a student who does not like to use technology may not participate at all and some school may not have internet access, in this case, Google classroom cannot be used effectively.

For example: Google Classroom

The steps for creating Google Classroom: 

1.  Open a web browser and type www.google.com 
2.  After that sign in Google app using our educational account 
3.  Go to Google Classroom and click on the plus sign 
4.  We have to choose to create a class 
5.  Need to give a name, class, and section 
6. After creating our own Google classroom, we can change the theme of the forum.

Reflection on Virtual learning center (VLE)

Virtual Learning Center is a platform for both the students and the teachers to teach and learn online. It is some kind of a learning space which could be done anywhere or at any time. When we were first introduced to the virtual learning center of Paro College of Education, it was a really new experience for all of us. In schools we were not that exposed to online learning thing and now that we have full access to internet and whatever we do are all online. It was a completely new experience for us and also a much better one.

 This learning center has made our work much easier and cheaper. Since, the notes and most assignments has to be uploaded we do not have to make an effort to print it or buy it.  It also saves most of our time. Whatever important announcements or information we had it was easily accessible to all of us. VLE had a lot of other options as well where we could have online discussion and even submit assignments online. When we were first introduced to this online virtual learning we had difficulty in using it.

 The website for virtual learning center is http://vle.pce.edu.bt/ this is the website for Paro College of Education. In order to login to this website each of us were provided with a student code and we had to create our own unique password. After logging in there are a lot of links for instance home, PCE library, time table, online exam results and all. There is even an online library and e-books as well.  This even makes library, online where we could renew the date and the book. 

There are even links for the courses that we take and it even has an online discussion forum for each course. We could have online discussion about the modules where each and every one of the students can participate and even ask doubts related to the topic that we are learning.  There could be a really effective peer learning as we can even make comments and clear peer’s doubts as well. Virtual learning has been the most effective learning for the students of university and it would even be more effective if this kind of online learning could take place in the school settings too.

Example :http://vle.pce.edu.bt/