Chrome for the Classroom: Essential Updates Every Teacher Should Know
Chrome is always improving. If you use Chrome for the classroom you will want to check out these essential updates.
Co-authored with the amazing Heather Lyon the book “50 Ways to Engage Students with Google Apps” contains over 50 templates, tips, and resources to help you to increase student engagement!
Chrome is always improving. If you use Chrome for the classroom you will want to check out these essential updates.
The secret to feeling more confident on the computer is keyboard shortcuts! Here are 30 Keyboard Shortcuts That Teachers Need
Have a lot of tabs in your Google Sheets spreadsheet? Here is how to hide all tabs at once, quickly.
Take Desmos Classroom even further with the computation layer. Customize your lesson with the CL.
Desmos Classroom is a FREE tool that allows you to gain real time insights into student thinking during a lesson.
Analyzing AI Created Rubrics: Discover the critical elements of effective rubrics and how to assess the quality of AI-generated options.
Pixel Art in Google Sheets is really fun, but how do you know what number corresponds to what color? Add a color key in pixel art.
Huge time saver, this drag to background feature in Google Slides is amazing. Check out how to quickly set a background image.
Why gamify with badges? Providing a visual display of student achievement can be fun and motivating.
FigJam is a collaborative whiteboard. It makes sense when collaborating or sharing with students to have elements locked down.
How many words are in your presentation? Google Developer Expert Alice Keeler shows you how to check word count in Google Slides
Prompting AI for the ELA Classroom to create an ELA lesson plan leaves out all the specialized training and student specific knowledge that ELA teachers have. Here are some considerations when making your prompt.
Alice Keeler and Sheryl Place from BookWidgets have a fun chat. Sheryl shares some of her favorite BookWidgets features.
Want to lock a background onto a FigJam? Transitioning away from Jamboard to FigJam and want to know how to create a background image in FigJam? Alice Keeler provides you a tutorial with how to do this. How To Add a Background Image to FigJam
If you use Google Forms and connect Google Sheets you may want to view the results in reverse order. Use this feature to make it easier.
Can schools offer work life balance? It would take a serious commitment and not just lip service.
When using Gmail here is the trick to more easily capture the email address of someone either from a received message, a previously sent message, or a new message.
Merlyn is an AI powered Teaching Assistant. It truly allows you to do more of what you love, spend time with students instead of spending time with your computer. You already know how to use Merlyn! You think it and just ask “Hey Merlyn, open my Google Drive” and boom it does. Now you are ANYWHERE in the room and no longer tied to the front.
Teacher, mom of 5, Google Certified Innovator, Google Developer Expert for Google Workspace, Google Cloud Innovator Champion, Author, Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter
Alice Keeler has a BA in Mathematics and an MS in Educational Media Design and Technology. She started teaching high school math in 1999 in the laptop Algebra program. Alice has taught 1:1 her entire teaching career and is passionate about using technology to create student centered classrooms.
Paperless is not a pedagogy. We should not seek to use technology to save paper, but rather to improve learning, improve relationships, and improve student engagement.
The tool is not what creates the learning, but rather an intentional approach for how a tool can create feedback loops, allow choice and voice, allows for communication of ideas in a creative medium, and increase collaboration.
See Alice Keeler in the Developer Keynote as a Google Cloud Innovator Champion