Margaret Twomey Public School Students Get Googley!

Written by Stacey Wallwin on 03 May 2016

MARATHON, ON – Students are Margaret Twomey Public School recently had the opportunity to activate their Superior-Greenstone District School Board Google accounts and learn all about the powerful learning tools they can access with Google Apps for Education.

Students in Mr. Skworchinski’s class learned all about Google Drive, Google Docs and Google Slides as well as the importance of being good digital citizens. Students appreciated the real time features of the tools and the fact that there work is continually being saved for them. This means there will be no more lost work! Mr. Skworchinksi and the students will be able to provide feedback to one another to improve upon their work and learning. Not only is Google Apps for Education a fantastic learning resource but it will also help the class go paperless which will have a positive impact on the environment.

Sydney Schwantz stated that she “loved learning the new ways of organizing and connecting with friends” and she thinks that “adults, students, and teachers would benefit from learning about the Google tools!”

Sydney Schwantz and Maisie Lloyd helping each other create Google Slides. Photo S.Wallwin

Gabriel Michano is a grade seven student in Mr. Skworchinksi’s class. He said that Google Apps for Education is a “pretty awesome service that I’ve found enjoyable and fun, especially the fun you can have with the slides and documents.”

Gabriel Michano and Chase Broom-Bourgeois sharing what they have learned to do with Google! Photo S.Wallwin

It is always great to hear a student ask “if they can do this at home tonight”! Mr. Skworchinksi says that the students have been going home at night to share all they have learned with their parents! It was a great day of learning for everyone and I can’t wait to see where the learning takes these students!