GCE Level 1

Why explain the importance of digital citizenship in a digital classroom?

• So students can connect with the most relevant people through social media

• So students understand how to get the most views and interaction to make their online content go viral

• So students maximize opportunities to earn money online

• So students understand what they should and shouldn't do online, and to act in a safe and respectful manner

Mr. Jones is keen to move to a paperless class as he finds the process of managing assignments time consuming. How will shifting to Classroom help? (Select 3 answers.)

• Teachers can define answers when they set assignments to enable auto-grading

• Teachers can grade and comment on assignments directly in Classroom and students will immediately receive email notifications to view their scores

• When a teacher sets an assignment in Classroom, email notifications and the class Stream ensure students don't need to be constantly reminded

• Students can exchange messages with each other to help clear up any assignment misunderstanding without having to ask their teacher

• Students can call their teacher using Classroom if they need help on an assignment

Mr. Swanson's politics students had to create a blog about their policies if they were elected to be on the school's student council. One student received a nasty response from an online user she doesn't know. What advice should Mr. Swanson give her to overcome this type of response?

• Block the person from accessing the blog

• Check and change privacy settings on her blog to see if she had shared it with just members of her school or with the public

• Document the user's details

• Report the incident to a member of staff if it happens again

• Search for the user through other online networks and retaliate there

Mr. Perry has bookmarked a large number of web pages in Chrome while researching class topics.Unfortunately, he's bookmarked so many that he's struggling to find relevant content quickly. What can he do to simplify this? (Select 3 answers.)

• Create a Doc that lists all favorite websites with links

• Delete bookmarks that are not urgently required and search for them again when they are needed

• Use the search function in the Chrome Bookmark Manager

• Rename bookmarks so they are labeled clearly

• Organize bookmarks into themed folders

Students already familiar with a web-connected world will feel immediately at home with Google Classroom.What benefits will they enjoy from their assignments going online? (Select 3 answers.)

• Students can see at a glance when assignments are due

• Assignments and resources are kept organized in one place

• Students can discuss assignments in a collaborative environment

• If students are sick from school they can cancel pending assignments from home using the Cancel button

• Students can view each other's assignments if they need ideas

Mr. Elba is creating a presentation in Google Slides on a topic he knows his students find dull. What aesthetic elements can he incorporate into his presentation to make it more interesting?

• Change the aspect ratio of different slides so that each slide has a different appearance

• Embed a Form within the presentation so students can answer questions during the presentation

• Insert audio files to play sound effects and music at specific slides

• Change the background color of the slides so they are not all white

• Embed relevant YouTube videos to break up the text and presentation

Ms. Pietersen is the deputy principal in a school split across two sites. She travels regularly between the two sites by bus, but is annoyed with the amount of time she wastes traveling.She would like to make better use of her commute time. What can she do?

• She can turn on the Agenda app on her PC before she travels, which will sort her tasks and meetings while she's traveling and arrange them in priority order when she's back at her PC.

• She can use the Gmail mobile app on her smartphone to access her school email account to read, send, and reply to emails.

• She can use the YouTube app on her smartphone to listen to music and use that time to relax between on-site meetings.

• She can use the Offline View app on her smartphone to download an offline version of all unread emails so she can read her emails while traveling.

Students in your biology class sometimes struggle to understand biological processes, like digestion. What digital activities can help get students more involved in exploring a process?

• A) Students create a diagram in Google Drawings to explain the biological process

• B) Students use Google Search to research the subject

• C)Teacher shares work completed by students the previous year that is shared on a Google Site

• D) Teacher provides useful videos in a YouTube playlist

• E) Students print their findings and paste it in their workbook

Mr. Bentley finds it easy to use Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides in his classroom as they are very similar to other programs he's used in the past. He overhears his colleague Ms. Bernard talk about using Google Forms as well, but isn't sure how it's relevant in a school environment.Which of the following are relevant uses for Google Forms in education?

• A) Performing basic calculations with numeric data

• B) Creating an interactive presentation

• C) Surveys for collecting data for group projects

• D) Create formative quiz checks at the end of each lesson

• E) Gathering feedback on field trips

Ms. Jones has divided her class into groups to work on different geography projects. Each group will present their project to the class using Google Slides. What are some benefits of using Slides in the classroom?

• A) Students can import and edit a video directly in a slide without additional software

• B) Students can export the completed presentation as a flash animation

• C) Students can make their own copy of the slide deck from a shared link

• D) Students can collaborate on the slide deck at the same time

• E) Students can browse and copy slides created by any student at any other school