Google Classroom Reflection

1) How is a Moodle or Google Classroom site different from a traditional teacher website? 
Google Classroom is different than a traditional website because it is more interactive.  While a traditional teacher's website is just meant to be read and share information, Google Classroom is more interactive.  By creating questions, it elicits discussion and conversation between the students and the teacher as well.   Through Google Classroom it is also very easy to post an assignment and have the link and all the information readily available for the students to use.  

2) As you work with Moodle or Classroom, what advantages do you see it affording your students? 
I found Google Classroom to be very user-friendly.  It is easy for the teacher to use to post assignments and important information for the students.  When something is user-friendly, the teacher is more likely to post frequently and update the site because it is not time-consuming and overwhelming to use.  This would be an advantage for the students as the information about school would be readily available to them on a frequent basis.  However, in first grade, I see this more as a tool for the parents.  The parents would be able to access the site for links to websites and learning activities they could use with their children at home and links to information such as our weekly spelling lists.  I do not see first graders themselves frequently logging onto the site on their own.
 
3) How can this tool help you transform your classroom into a more student centered learning environment?
By adding the element of discussion, I can see how this would make the students more engaged and involved with their learning and school assignments.  However, I do not see my first graders using Google Classroom in this way.  As I stated above, I do think it would be used more as a tool for the parents at this grade level.  I can see the use for older students to take more responsibility for their learning and classroom assignments.