Google Group Reflection

With Google Groups the students are able to use the NETS standards in communication. Having the students’ use Google Groups allows to teacher to see that the student can use technology to communicate with other students as well as the teacher. Technology Operations and concepts is another NETS standard that can be met using Google Groups in the classroom. When the students are having discussion boards as a class he or she is displaying the fact that they know how to correctly operate technology and understand the concepts of technology. The use of a discussion board in a classroom is very different from a web page or blog. When the student uses Google Groups he or she has the option to edit others post as well as reply to each other post. As for the blog or webpage the owner of the webpage or blog must approve the post and it is also a little more complex using blogs and WebPages. When it comes to an online class I really prefer using discussion boards or Google groups that way only the people or are part of the class or groups are allow to see what is being discussed.