Clarkstown Teachers Continue Working with Google

Clarkstown teachers continue to work directly with Google, providing feedback and suggestions as the company adds new features to one of its newest products, Google Classroom.

Recently, South High School Special Education Teacher Dani Raskin was quoted on the Google For Education blog about a new feature that Google Classroom has added to help teachers collaborate.

“It’s really important for me to be able to work closely with other teachers who also teach my students, but we don’t always have prep time together,” Raskin said. “We are now able to split the workload: both of us can provide direct feedback via comments and grading. It really fosters an authentic sense of teamwork and collaboration.”

The Google Classroom Clarkstown connection started in 2014, when a select group of CCSD teachers and students were chosen to work with Google on the product development.

Paul Lepore, Nicole Buchanan and Joe Gallo at Felix Festa Middle School; and Heidi Bernasconi and Paul Diamond at Clarkstown High School North—and their students—worked directly with Google doing product testing and providing feedback.

Google describes Google Classroom as an advanced learning management system that allows for collaboration, communication, and classroom organization. Classroom enables teachers to quickly create and organize assignments, efficiently provide feedback and grades and easily communicate with their classes. It also enables students to organize their work in Google Drive, complete and turn assignments and communicate directly with their teachers and peers; all without one sheet of paper!

The product integrates with the Google Apps for Education suite of products, which Clarkstown adopted six years ago.

SEE: Innovative Clarkstown Central School District helps Google create its newest product, Classroom - Case Study