Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler
Paperless Is Not A Pedagogy
When creating a Google Classroom post (assignment, announcement or question), you can assign the post to multiple classes at the same time. At the bottom of the post are 4 icons to attach items in Google Classroom. Next to that is the class title for the current class. Click on the class title. This will…
Should we grade alphabetically? I say no. Created by Alice Keeler this Add-on helps you to grade student work from a folder in Google Drive.
If you are using tech to teach, I can pretty much guarantee something is not going right. You WILL have questions. Who do you ask? Who on your campus is a ninja at that technology? Who on your campus is a ninja at that technology and wants to be bothered with questions 24/7 from all…
Please feel free to use this poster with students or to train teachers. Please do not publish it to your blogs or public sites or in other publications. 6 Steps to Get Started with Google Classroom Click Here to link to Google Drawing. I was working with a group of teachers yesterday getting them set up…
I have really enjoyed chatting with teachers on Twitter lately about DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels. Part of what I teach in my college class to pre-service teachers is DOK levels. We have been tweeting out our learning objectives and discussing what DOK level it is. Sometimes it is really clear what the DOK level…
I frequently am asked how to open up more than one students work at a time. While there is no “open all” option in Google Classroom, you can quickly open up multiple student documents at a time. Tile View After clicking on an assignment title in the Google Classroom stream you will notice tiles with…
Google Classroom has revolutionized what I am able to do in the classroom. I stretch it beyond just handing out documents and collecting. I always ask myself, how can I have students collaborate and connect? How can I give students feedback faster? Google Classroom has allowed me to spend more time with students. This makes…
If you are having students organize multiple work samples and files into a folder, you may wonder how it can be organized and submitted. I have written a script to allow students to submit a folder. Template https://alicekeeler.com/turninfolder How it Works Distribute a copy of the template to students. You can do this through Google…
In pondering having a student-centered classroom I wondered, how do I make the first day of class student-centered? What message do I tell students when the very first thing I do is have them face me and I tell them all about myself and the class rules? Does the message come across that this class…
One of the most innovative educators I know, Jon Corippo, has agreed to share his ideas on homework and how we can look at different types of homework assignments. Jon is always entertaining and fun, this should be good. Jon’s Blurb Research shows that homework doesn’t raise grades. In fact, I would argue the reason…
If you are looking for a way to have students do peer evaluation here is my first draft of a solution. I have some ideas to kick this up a few notches, so let’s consider this version 1.0. Template https://alicekeeler.com/peereval How it Works Make a copy of the template. Name the document so it reflects…
I have heard educators say they do not want to be on the Internet. They do not make Facebook accounts, Tweet or do other things to have a presence on the web. We are on the Internet whether we want to be or not. Who do you want to write the story of what people…
Google Forms is the best thing since sliced bread. I hope you are using it to teach. Go to forms.google.com to start creating a Google Form. Google Forms recently updated the logo to be purple. This is great news since it was confusing to have the Google Forms and Google Sheets logo to both be…
One thing I love about Google Classroom is that it is not rostered. I can create a Google Classroom class for any purpose. After school club, collaboration groups for my students, differentiated spaces, special projects, challenge activities, remediation resources, etc… Class Within a Class There are many good reasons to have multiple Google Classroom classes…
If kids are doing homework, they are probably not actively moving around. The number one argument I hear from teachers on why they give homework is to teach responsibility. Homework does not teach responsibility. If we are really concerned with students being responsible and if we are also concerned about them being healthy and well…
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