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https://www.businessinsider.com/google-classroom-free-ed-tech-teacher-reaction-2018-11

This article states how clearly technology is growing in the classroom. It states, "Google says there are 80 million educators and students globally using G suite, which allows users to access Gmail, Google Cloud, Google Docs, and other productivity tools. There are 40 million global users of Google Classroom specifically." Chromebooks are dominating the tech side of schools and google classroom is the new textbook.
Google classroom now dominates the tech classroom world because it was the first of it's kind and it's free. Schools and districts are in support of increase in technology because they believe that future careers will be primarily technologically based. Schools also appreciate the money saved on paper and not having a paper trail and storage problems at school. Chromebooks and google devices make up over half the tech market in school, coming in at 58%. In contrast, Apples on equate to 33%. Teachers like google classroom because it's easy to navigate and they have access to communicate with students and their work from anywhere in the world. 
https://www.hippovideo.io/education.html
Hippovideo.com allows teachers to post interactive lessons and feedback to their student using google classroom.  It also allows students to turn in assignments digitally by making videos, or audio assignments. This website allows both teacher and student to work collaboratively. It also allows students who may not be in class or a teacher who may be absent to teach and turn in assignments. Once assignments or lessons are posted, teacher and students can provide feedback and comments to interact with one another. This tool seems to be a great website to enhance engagement and collaboration in the classroom. 
One negative side to this particular website may be that teachers rely on the easy access to their students too much. Meaning, if teachers have to be absent or can't be in class, they depend on this instead of face to face teaching. Also, students may interact and communicate with one another in a negative way and it would be hard for the teacher to maintain positive awareness. 

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