Google Educator L2 key terms

A teaching model that combines face-to-face classroom time with online, often self-paced, digital work. Teachers use it to extend learning beyond the lesson and to give students more control over pace and path.

A blended structure where students move through a fixed set of stations in one classroom, at least one of which is online. It lets a teacher target small groups while others work independently on devices.

A model in which direct instruction is delivered asynchronously, often by video, before class, freeing class time for discussion, practice, and feedback. Success depends on students completing the pre-work and on clear accountability checks.

A four-level framework for judging how technology changes a task: Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition. Higher levels involve significant task redesign rather than merely digitizing an existing worksheet or lecture.

A model describing the knowledge teachers need at the intersection of content, pedagogy, and technology. It emphasizes that effective integration requires understanding how technology serves specific subject matter and teaching strategies, not technology skills alone.

The purposeful use of digital tools to support learning goals rather than as an add-on. Strong integration is planned backward from the objective and includes attention to access, routines, and how student work will be assessed.

Adjusting content, process, product, or learning environment to meet varied readiness and interests. Digital tools support it through leveled materials, flexible pacing, choice, and data that reveal which students need which support.

A grid of optional tasks, usually organized by learning preference or difficulty, from which students select work. It builds agency and can be delivered digitally so each option links to its own resource or template.

A single digital document that guides students through a structured sequence of learning activities using embedded links, prompts, and collaboration spaces. It packages exploration, explanation, application, and reflection into one shareable file.

A planning approach that builds multiple means of engagement, representation, and action into lessons from the start. Digitally, this means offering text, audio, and video options and flexible ways for students to show learning.

Low-stakes checks during learning that inform immediate teaching decisions. Digital versions, such as quick quizzes or polls, give teachers live data on misconceptions before a summative task.

An evaluation of learning at the end of a unit or course, used to certify achievement. Digital tools support it through structured submission, rubrics applied in the grading interface, and archived evidence of student work.

Using evidence from student work and assessments to adjust what happens next in class. It involves collecting manageable data, interpreting it honestly, and acting on patterns rather than on single scores.

A scoring guide that lists criteria and describes performance levels. In Google tools, rubrics can be attached to assignments in Classroom or built into Sheets to make grading consistent and visible to students.

The cycle in which students receive specific input on their work, act on it, and resubmit or revise. Digital workflows shorten this cycle through comments, suggested edits, and status indicators that show revision progress.

A narrated screen recording used to explain a process or deliver instruction asynchronously. It is valuable for flipped lessons, software walkthroughs, and giving students spoken feedback on their work.

The norms of safe, ethical, and responsible behavior online, including privacy, respectful communication, and source attribution. Schools teach it explicitly and reinforce it through acceptable-use expectations and modeling.

The trail of data a person leaves through online activity, including posts, comments, and shared files. It is persistent and searchable, so students need practice thinking about audience and long-term consequences.

A family of public licenses that let creators grant permission to reuse work under stated conditions, such as attribution or noncommercial use. It helps students find and credit media legally for projects.

Google's suite of education services, including Classroom, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Meet, offered under editions with different features and controls. Administrators manage accounts, policies, and services for the whole institution.

The administrative interface where super admins manage users, organizational units, services, and security settings for a Workspace for Education domain. Policies applied to an organizational unit flow down to its child units.

A container in the admin console used to group users, such as by grade level or department, so different settings can apply to each group. Child units inherit settings from their parent unless overridden.

A learning management layer that organizes classes, assignments, materials, and grades around Drive and Google apps. Teachers post work, set due dates and points, and review submissions in one stream and gradebook.

Cloud storage for files and folders that syncs across devices and underpins Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Classroom attachments. Access is controlled by sharing settings at the file or folder level.

A Drive location owned by an organization rather than an individual, so files remain available when staff leave or move roles. Membership and permission levels are managed for the drive as a whole.

The access levels set on a file or folder, such as Viewer, Commenter, or Editor, plus who receives them. Settings also control whether link sharing is allowed and whether editors may change permissions.

A service for creating email lists and access groups that can be used to share Drive files or Classroom resources with many people at once. Membership changes propagate automatically to shared items.

A collaborative word processor with real-time co-editing, comments, and version history. Teachers use it for shared writing, peer review, and assignments that capture revision evidence.

A collaborative spreadsheet used for data collection, gradebooks, and analysis. Features such as formulas, charts, filters, and conditional formatting turn raw student data into usable instructional information.

A tool for building surveys, quizzes, and data-collection forms that feed responses into a spreadsheet. Quiz settings can auto-grade objective items and export results for analysis.

A presentation tool supporting co-authoring, embedded media, and shared presenter notes. In class it can host interactive lessons, student portfolios, or collaborative slide decks where each student owns a slide.

A video-conferencing service used for live instruction, meetings, and guest speakers. Hosts control recording, screen sharing, and participation settings, and links can be restricted to the school domain.

A Classroom item that can carry instructions, attachments, a due date, points, and a rubric. It creates a copy for each student when a Drive file is attached, and submissions are tracked per student.

An anchored note attached to selected text, a cell, or a slide element, used for questions and feedback without altering the content. Comments can be assigned to a person and resolved when addressed.

A review mode in Google Docs and Slides where changes appear as proposals that an editor must accept or reject. It supports peer review and teacher feedback while preserving the author's control.

A record of saved changes to a Drive file that lets users view or restore earlier states and see who edited what. It supports accountability in group work and evidence of drafting over time.

A Sheets feature that changes a cell's appearance when its value meets a rule, such as coloring scores below a threshold. It makes patterns in assessment or survey data visible at a glance.

Designing materials and tools so people with disabilities can perceive, navigate, and interact with them, for example through alt text, captions, and sufficient contrast. It benefits all learners and is often a legal requirement.