Google Classroom is coming, and I am excited!  As much as I love all of the Add-ons that Andrew Stillman and others have created to make our classrooms easier and more organized, I look forward to seeing what Google will offer us!  It looks like it will have some of the functionality of Edmodo and gClassFolders, so I can't wait to see it myself.

I requested a preview, and so can you.  If interested, go here to request a preview for yourself.  As soon as I get to see it for myself, you know that I will be sharing out with all of you:) 

Once again, here is the link for more info or to request a preview:  http://www.google.com/edu/classroom/

I have trained many of our staff members in using Doctopus and am pleased to see how many are using it independently.  As they are getting more adept with Doctopus, they are starting to use Goobric to help with grading as well.  For teachers who haven't used either yet but are interested, or for those who have used it, but like a step-by-step reminder of how to use it, I created this Google Doc to guide them through the process:

If you are interested in incorporating gClassFolders to organize the work you share with your students, they are still working on the Add-On, but you can use the functionality through Doctopus.  Here is a bit of information about that as well: