Google Classroom is a web-based platform devised by Google for educational endeavours. It empowers teachers to establish and oversee digital classrooms, distribute assignments, disseminate resources, and liaise with students. Students can access and submit assignments, collaborate on projects, and engage with their peers and teachers within the platform. Google Classroom integrates effortlessly with other Google Workspace tools such as Google Drive and Google Docs, optimising the workflow for educators and students. It has been widely embraced in schools and educational institutions as a practical and efficient means to support remote and blended learning, offering a centralised hub for virtual classrooms (Google-Classroom, 2023).
Digital platforms like Google Classroom have become pivotal to interaction and participation in modern-day schooling. Emerging forms of ‘platformised education’ are swiftly expanding across educational systems, introducing the principles of datafication, automation, surveillance, and interoperability into digitally mediated learning environments (Perrotta, Gulson, Williamson, & Witzenberger, 2021). Thus, the implementation of Google Classroom transforms how education is practiced. Reservations regarding the use of Google Classroom revolve around privacy concerns. Highlighting Google’s extensive data gathering practices, as well as the firm’s tendency to transfer the personal data of Danish citizens overseas to US servers, the Danish municipality of Helsingør has prohibited the use of Google Classroom and Gmail in schools (Bernardone, 2022).
