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9 Google Forms Formative Assessment Tips
Want to use Google Forms as a formative assessment quiz? Check out these 9 tips. Google Forms Formative Assessment
Google Forms: STOP Students From Going to Previous Section
In Google Forms with Sections, how do you stop a student from going to a previous section they already completed?
How to Use Quiz Helper for Google Forms™
Use Google Forms as a quiz. Get your settings right. Provide students feedback in Google Docs. Allow students to finish their quiz later.
3 Ways to Use Google Sites THIS Semester
Choose from 3 ways to use Google Sites THIS Semester. A Google Sites website is great for Google Sites Tutorials, Class information page, or collaboration projects.
Roster Extras Add-on by Alice Keeler
Do more with your roster! Roster Extras is a free Add-on takes your roster in Google Sheets and converts to Google Slides or Custom Google Docs reports.
Hyperlink Slides Choice Board
Create a Google Slides Choice board with automated hyperlinks. This free Add-on can be used as a Choice Board or for creating Hyperdocs.
Folder Downloader
Google Drive Folder Downloader. Download your files from Drive. Export as PDFs if you choose. Locate the download folder on your Chromebook.
Free Webinars with Alice Keeler and Otis
FREE Teacher Workshops and Webinars. Alice Keeler has partnered with OTIS to bring you free and engaging webinars and access to the recordings.
How to Unsubmit Work on Google Classroom
How to unsubmit work on Google Classroom. For students and teachers.
How to Make a Word Search
For fun! Word Searches can be a fun thing for students to do on a rainy recess or after they have finished their work. Here is how to MAKE a word search.
Drawing Slides
What are Drawing Slides? How to get drawing into Google Slides.
Google Forms: Setting the Confirmation Message
After students finish filling out their Google Form, what do you want to tell them?
How to Add Audio to Google Slides
How to add audio to Google Slides is fun and easy!
Google Classroom: Grading with Drive’s Preview Mode
Preview student files in Google Drive for a faster experience to review student work.
Google Drive: Selecting Multiple Files
Manage multiple files in Google Drive with these tricks.
Digital Tools to Support Struggling Readers
Learn about supporting struggling readers with digital tools with Anna Hartranft
Poster of Google Docs Keyboard Shortcuts
By popular demand I have created a Google Docs poster for keyboard shortcuts similar to the Google Slides poster. Print out this poster for an easy reference to some helpful Google Docs tricks. Popula…
Poster of Keyboard Shortcuts in Google Slides
Get this free poster of Google Slides keyboard shortcuts to help you be more efficient at using Google Slides.
Ditch Summit: A FREE online conference for educators
Binge on FREE #DitchSummit video presentations in December What if you had access to a sort of Netflix for really good online professional development? You know, not boring videos of stuff that you’ll…
Students Login To Get Google Classroom Progress Reports
Free students can access their Google Classroom progress reports, missing assignments, and see upcoming assignments in one place for all classes at schoolytics.com
5 Tips for Faster Student Feedback
Feedback is really time consuming but important. Give students faster feedback with these 5 tips.
EdTech Can Make Life Better – Edufuturists Podcast
Alice Keeler was a guest on the edufuturists podcast. Check out episode #159 for how EdTech can make life better.
“Did you grade it yet?” – Students Turning In Late Work
It is that time of year when some students are suddenly thinking they want to turn in a bunch of stuff. How to deal with late work has been the bane of my existence since I started teaching in 1999. N…
Embrace Cheating Tools
Students cheat with Google Translate or Photomath or a variety of tools. Do not fight it, embrace it!
Google Classroom: Better Progress Reports
Join Alice Keeler December 9th, or watch the recording afterwards, for a FREE OTIS webinar on better progress reports in Google Classroom.
Google Jamboard: Bring It UP
A key element of Google Jamboard is the ability to add sticky notes to share ideas. However, layers in Jamboard will hide content. Knowing how to alternate what order elements on the Jam are in provid…
3 Google Sites Things to Try
Google Sites is a great way to provide students tutorial documents. Try these 3 features to customize your Google Sites pages.
How to Create Google Slides Games
Free Game templates for Google Slides that use Dice. Install Dice Slides by Schoolytics to have Google Dice.
Connect Your Class to Formative
Easily create formative assessments digitally with formative.com. Sync your Google accounts to Formative.
How To Make a Form from Google Sheets
The menu options have changed. You can still create a Google Form from a spreadsheet.
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