Google Calendar

Google Calendar Challenge

by Katherine Ramsey

• What did you create, and why? 

        I created a Google Calendar to use with one of my classes. I will use this calendar to help students know when assignments are due and when important dates are coming up. I hope this shows the embedded calendar here:

<iframe src="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=edmonds.wednet.edu_hqikee9abdb4g2a22t93eld5og%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Vancouver" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

• What went well for you?

       Most things went well. The Synergise lessons were easy to follow, although I wanted more information than they gave in those lessons.

• What was challenging?

        The instructions were to embed the calendar in my website. I don't have one that I use right now. I communicate with my students through Google Classroom and with their parents through email and phone calls. I should probably set up a class website, but don't have one right now. One challenge will be to make sure that I know how to give the parents access to the calendar just for their student's class. I'm sure I'll figure it out.

• What did you enjoy? 

        I enjoyed setting up the calendar for fall. I look forward to organizing my lesson plans on here so students can see what's coming up and "What did you do yesterday?" questions can be answered on their own.

• What ideas do you have for using this tool with your students, grade level, staff or to communicate with families? 

         I will use Google Calendar to organize information for my classes. I will use it to schedule all of my IEP meetings for the year and will share that calendar with all of the teachers at our school. Now that I know I can make it public, I can use it to communicate with parents as well.