Freckle by Renaissance vs Google Classroom

• Allows students to practice math facts
• Provides challenging problems
• Allows students to track their growth
• Incentives for learning
• Online and Printable Resources

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• Student-teacher communication - I love using Classroom for this because my students can always go back and check what was on Classroom by looking through the stream. This way they don't have to go dig through emails to find what they're looking for.
• Posting to multiple classes - I can post the same announcement or assignment to multiple classes at once without having to repeat the process or send separate emails.
• Streamlining grading - when students turn work in on Classroom, it all goes to one place and then when I'm grading I can open their documents directly from Classroom or my Drive folder. This way, I'm not looking through emails and Google Doc shared files for their assignment.

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• I was wowed by Freckle. Maybe our lack of access on the reservation makes me easily impressed, but at this time I cannot find fault in the programming.

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• Although usually in the discussion with other LMS apps such as Schoology and Canvas, Google Classroom doesn't possess as in-depth of a platform. There is no ability to set individual learning paths, pace student work with completion settings, or embed other apps directly into teacher-created assignments.
• The assignment creation options are limited. Teachers can only choose from creating an assignment (usually a link with directions), a material (usually a doc/slide/website, etc), a question, and a quiz.
• With gamification taking on a new lens in education, there really isn't any way to use gamification elements with Google Classroom. There isn't any way to create Individual learning paths, or use badges and micro-credentials within Classroom. Outside programs would have to be used.

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• High scores on state tests.
• 100% of our students made a year's growth in a year's time in math.
• Students enjoy Freckle math.

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• Student engagement is high when using Google Classroom. Students are more willing to work on projects continually when provided a digital platform.
• Since teachers have instant access to student work, they can pinpoint weak areas for remediation, thus increasing test scores for mastery.
• Google Classroom also saves time for teachers when used as an organizational tool as student work is all in one place with easy access.

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