Using Google Aps in English Language Classroom Activity

By: Agata Nina Puspita

Nowadays, there are many online application that can be used by the teacher in order to give the materials to students. Using online application may also help both teacher and students to reach their learning goals in the teaching-learning activity since the development of the technology has grown fast in this globalization era. One of the application is by using Google Aps which involve the application of Google Drive. As an English Teacher, I also use Google Drive in order to help me sharing my materials to both my fellow and my students, so we are able to get information from each other easily.

In my English class, in the first meeting of the classroom activity, I ask my students to make a google account in order to make both of us easier in sharing the materials during one semester. After they have created their own google account, I share all of the learning materials including the syllabus for one semester through Google Drive. After we have done the class, I share the materials that are taught in the classroom to their account, so they are able to get the materials immediately. Besides, I also share the students’ progress on their assignment through Google Drive, so they are able to know their own progress. I do all of them continuously, so they do not miss any information from the teacher. Therefore, as a teacher, I always ask them to check their Google Drive, so they can get the information from their teacher easily.

Besides sharing the materials, I also ask my students to submit their assignment to my Google account in order to make me easier in checking students’ assignment. After I have finished checking my students’ assignment, I also give the feedback immediately, so they can get both the feedback and the score easily. In the teaching-learning activity, as a teacher, I also need suggestions from other teachers, so I also ask what I still do not understand about the teaching-learning activity to my fellow. As the result, Google Drive really helps me in order to get and share the information easily.