Google Calendar allows you to create calendar events and reminders. In these events you can also invite other people. Moreover Google Calendar is very compatible with Microsoft Outlook and Apple's iCal. All three of these calendar programs can be synced and used seamlessly. Creating calendar events and reminders is very simple. But what is very easy about Google Calendar is that events can be color coordinated so that different types of events are in different colors. So US Holidays will be set as different color and personal things will be another color. Lastly, most smartphones will allow you to sync your phone's embedded calendar programs with Google Calendar.
How can Google Calendars be used in Classrooms?
1. Means of communications between teachers and students
- Teachers can use Google Calendar to set due dates for projects, writing assignments and even test dates. This way when there needs to be change the teacher would update it once and it will be viewed by all the students. Moreover, the best feature is that teachers can set alerts and reminders for tests and projects. Most students are procrastinators and they will wait till the last minute to really work on their projects or writing assignments. So the reminder will give students time to work on the project. Lastly, for tests it gives a good reminder to students to study and prepare for the test.
2. Means of communication between teachers and other teachers or faculty
- Teachers and fellow teachers can use Google Calendar to communicate with one another. Also the school staff can communicate with teachers using Google Calendar. Field trips, off days, meetings, schedule changes and other things can be communicated with teachers. It makes it a very easy to communicate and again it's very easy to make updates and set reminders to all the teachers.
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