Paperless Is Not A Pedagogy
Spreadsheets are an incredibly useful tool for students and adults. Here is a template to teach your students some basic spreadsheet skills. This template was created specifically to help practice skills students would need for the Common Core online test. Feel free to modify and use this template with your students. Template alicekeeler.com/sheetspractice
To share your class code for Google Classroom I created a template in Google Draw. Make a copy of the template and type the class code at the bottom of the badge. Template tinyurl.com/gcbadge Feel free to use or modify this graphic, no attribution required. Download After entering the class code into the drawing, use…
This is my 1000th blog post on alicekeeler.com. I started blogging years ago in response to helping other teachers on my campus with their tech questions. At first I would reply to the entire staff to reduce having to answer the same question repeatedly. This evolved into creating a website to post answers to questions….
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Change From Landscape to Portrait Mode I love Google Slides for so many reasons beyond a presentation tool. Google Slides is great for creating multi-page documents. If students are creating posters, Google Slides is a great medium. Page SetUp Use the File menu in Google Slides to choose “Page setup.” The default is “Widescreen 16:9.” Click…
I was working with a teacher today who was lamenting how she had to type a large section of text into a Google Form. If you have not tried voice typing in Google Docs, simply put, it is magical. Read to a Google Doc what you need to type. Copy and paste that into Google…
PE Robots Blog Post Why I Teach Robotics in PE Guest Blog Post by Brett Slezak For ages Health & Physical Education (HPE) has carried the stereotype as being a place where survival of the fittest and dodgeball have reigned supreme. Unfortunately, that narrative is still alive and true in more physical education programs than…
I teach pre-service teachers. Part of my class is their first lesson plan ever. Unlike most of the lessons my students experienced as K12 students, their lesson plans need to include Common Core standards, SAMR model, students using technology, Digital Citizenship and identifying DOK levels. The lesson plan template I provide the students is really…
Google Expeditions uses Google Cardboard to take students on virtual field trips. At BETT 2016, Google for Education announced the a release of the app to allow schools to start taking Expeditions. A phone is placed inside of a Google Cardboard device and students hold it up to their face. The Expedition is delivered by…
I have created an Add-On script that allows you to create a Google Form with the list of agenda items for a meeting and then merge the responses of participants to an editable Google Doc. I have noticed that many meetings I attend the agenda is created on a Google Doc and shared with those attending…
When creating Google Forms, sometimes you have a need to change the question order. One method is to select a question. a 2×3 grid of dots will appear at the top center of the question. Notice when you hover over the “grippy dots,” the cursor changes to a 4 way arrow. This indicates you can hold…
Quickly add a new question to the new Google Forms layout by holding down the Control and Shift key, press Enter.
Lisa Nyberg teaches with me at Fresno State University. I have always been impressed with her knowledge and passion. I enjoy learning from her about questioning strategies. As we know, asking questions can be a powerful teaching strategy. I had not really thought about the different types of questions and how to really leverage them…
When I first saw that the new Google Forms only has one option for multiple choice I was disappointed. Using the mouse is something I try to avoid. Tab and keyboard shortcuts can help me be super productive when creating. Happily a few tricks makes it a snap to create a Google Form. Tab and…
One issue I hear concerning Google Classroom is the number of emails it can generate. In order to filter your email in Gmail, you need something consistent to filter for. Assignment Titles Create a class hashtag. Place this in the title of anything you post to the Stream in Google Classroom. You can put other tags…
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