Time’s Up for Breakout Room: Google Slides Hack
When students are in a breakout room you may want to have each group have a Google Slides for them to organize their conversations and
Use Google Classroom to build relationships, provide more students a voice, and choice. Technology provides opportunities that are difficult or impossible to recreate with traditional paper methods. However, paperless is not a pedagogy. Being paperless does not improve learning. Use paper when appropriate and extend learning opportunities with digital resources when appropriate. Taking paper tasks and making them digital (ie: writing on a PDF worksheet) does not improve learning and can be worse for learning since it was designed for paper. Use paper for paper tasks. Use technology to do what paper can not do.
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It is back UP! Move to Top in Google Classroom
For those of you who missed the “Move to top” option in Google Classroom it is back! On the STREAM (not Classwork) page now you
Google Classroom: Filter Gmail for Private Comments
Filter Gmail for Private Comments I get a lot of email… like a LOT of email. Some of the most important emails are the private
Google Classroom Clean-Up! Be Ready for Next Year
Join Alice Keeler for cleaning up your Google Classroom at the end of the school year.
15 Ways to Use Google Classroom in Physical Education
Link to Presentation Post Activities: Post what students are doing daily. Mark as Done: Have students mark off what they have completed Share Announcements: Let students know
Google Drive: Star Your Documents
Star Documents in Your Google Drive Is your Google Drive a mess? Now that we have students doing digital work it gets extra muddy as
Google Classroom: New Semester – Start a New Class
Google Classroom allows you to create your own classes. This means you can create one for clubs, teacher collaboration, differentiated groups, etc… Creating a new
Google Classroom: Move to Top – BACKWARDS
Google Classroom recently added the feature where you can move a post to the top. This kind of allows you to reorganize the stream. In
Google Classroom – Late Work Notifications
Google Classroom – Late Work Notifications Google Classroom once again released some new features yesterday! Now when students submit an assignment late you will receive
Be Notified: New Google Classroom Book
50 Things to Go Further with Google Classroom: A Student-Centered Approach Dr. Libbi Miller and I have finished the follow-up to our popular book “50
Google Classroom: Create Group Documents
One request I am often asked about Google Classroom is how to create documents for small groups. If you create a copy of a document
Book On Amazon: Stepping Up to Google Classroom
After nearly 2 years Kim Mattina and I are excited to have our new book “Stepping Up to Google Classroom – 50 Steps for Beginners
Google Forms: Link to Next Activity
Use the Confirmation Text in Google Forms What do students do AFTER they complete the Google Form? Take advantage of the confirmation text to direct
Google Classroom: Save Student Work
I have a saying: Technology allows us to do things differently, so we will do things differently. One of the things I love about
Have CONTROL Over Your Links – Hold Down the Control Key
Hold Down the Control Key It is helpful to get in the habit of holding down the Control key (Command on a Mac) when clicking
5 Google Releases To Be Excited About
At ISTE 2025 Google announced over 30 new features. Here is my top 5.
EXCLUDE Assignments in Google Classroom
Exclude assignments from reporting in Google Classroom. You want to have more control over what gets reported to guardians and other stakeholders. Decide what to exclude from the progress report.
Google Classroom: Who Did Work?
After Assigning Work, Who is Working On It? No matter what way you cut it, autopsy feedback is never as effective as feedback before a
Pear Deck for You!
Win a One Year Subscription to Pear Deck It’s pretty universal, seeing Pear Deck and falling in love. It allows for making interactive lessons. Not
Google Classroom: Middle Option = Collaborate
Use Google Classroom to COLLABORATE How does Google Classroom make learning better? Essentially Google Classroom allows you to assign work and collect it. If you’re
Google Classroom: Students Need Side by Side Windows
A teacher was telling me that her students were asking for a printed version of the Google Classroom directions. No printing is needed if students
Managing LAST MINUTE PILE of Late Work
End of the semester, you are managing LAST MINUTE PILE of Late Work. If you are a Google Classroom user here are some tips to help you deal with the inevitable last minute rush of papers.
50 Things You Can Do With Google Classroom
I am excited to announce that the book “50 Things You Can Do With Google Classroom” is now available for sale on Amazon. The
Google Classroom: New Way to Create a Post
Google has updated how assignments and announcements are added to Google Classroom. They have also added a new feature that allows the teacher to ask
Google Classroom: Click on the 2nd Icon
Use the 2nd Icon in the Feedback Tool In Google Classroom when you click on student work in an assignment it opens in the feedback
PLEASE do NOT Copy Your Class
Copying your class in Google Classroom makes a giant mess of your Google Drive. Here are 3 alternatives to copying your entire class.
CAUTION: Copying Google Classroom Makes a Giant Mess of Your Google Drive
Copying Google Classroom Classes Copies All Attachments First, a paradigm shift about Google Classroom: There are NO ATTACHMENTS! Nothing is attached. Everything is a link
Google Classroom: Share Assignments with Parents/Reuse Assignments Next Year
Google Classroom is a closed environment. This means that the assignments and discussions in Google Classroom are only available to students in the class. I
Student Quick Guide to Google Classroom
Student Quick Guide to Google Classroom To get students quickly into Google Classroom Have them go to http://classroom.google.com You click on the settings cog at
Google Classroom: How to Reuse Your Syllabus
Reuse Your Syllabus in Google Classroom Paradigm shift: The beauty of using Google Apps is only having ONE VERSION! To never be confused if you’re
