Google Drive

Google Drive is a very well known tool that many people use to save documents. In the case of teaching, it is used to save authentic material or documents. It is completely free to use, and it provides different types of tools to create documents. Google Docs works similar to Word which most people use to write documents. Google Slides provide tools that allow us to create presentations as in Power Point. Those are some examples of tools provided by Google Drive. Writing and Reading are two skills that can be reinforced by this tool.

Types of Activities Using Google Drive

1. Teachers may use this tool to assign some writing paragraphs or summaries. Students may submit their works on Google Drive and allow the professor to check. It helps to reduce paper consumption.

2. By the use of shareable links, the teacher may provide some practice or homework using this tool. 

3. The use of Google Slides allows teachers to provide information during the class in a interactive way. Teachers can save their presentations for several days until they decide to use it.

Tips about Google Drive 

1. Google Drive does not require to be downloaded. Teachers just have to log in their gmail accounts.

2. Any device with internet and a screen allows teachers to access to Google Drive.

3. It can be more interactive if it is used in a laboratory with the necessary tools (computers, internet)

In a nutshell, the use of Google Drive provides teachers with more ways to teach and make the class interesting. However, not all the institutions in our country are provided with the necessary tools to work with technological tools. Despite Google Drive does not required a maximum of internet to be used, it needs a device to be run, and sometimes, students does not have those devices.

Google Drive in the Class