Google Meet: When Presenting See More People

by admin | Jan 28, 2021 | Advanced, GC - Advanced, Google, Meet

When presenting your screen in a Google Meet, annoyingly, the majority of the Meet screen is taken up by “You’re presenting to everyone.” Control Minus A common trick when using any program is to use Control Minus to zoom out. Oftentimes it is...

Voice Comments in Google Docs: It’s going to be e-mote-ional!

by admin | Jan 15, 2021 | Advanced, Classroom, GC - Advanced, Google

Mote for Voice Comments Guest blog post by Jon Neale I’ve been a classroom teacher for 16 years. In April 2020, at the start of lockdown, I came across Mote on Twitter and everything changed! Don’t tell anyone: I’m leaving teaching to help more teachers! For the past...

5 Free Handwriting Templates for Jamboard

by admin | Dec 8, 2020 | Advanced, Apps - Advanced, GC - Advanced, Google, Jam - Advanced, Jamboard

I created some templates for Jamboard that would allow students to practice handwriting if they have an iPad or a touchscreen chromebook or touchscreen PC. These templates are free. Kindergarten Handwriting Template This template is 1 inch lines with a half inch...

SUPER COOL Badge Game Updates

by admin | Nov 23, 2020 | Advanced, Apps - Advanced, Gamification, GC - Advanced, Google, Sheets

Looking for ways to engage students? Try some gamification and choice. I have added some features to my Badge Game template that I hope will make it easier and more fun. Template alicekeeler.com/badgegame New Features I updated several new features to the Badge Game...

Google Forms: Multiple Versions and Retakes

by admin | Nov 17, 2020 | Advanced, Apps - Advanced, Forms, GC - Advanced, Google

How do I keep kids from cheating on a Google Form? One of the ways we used to discourage cheating for paper assessments was to create different versions. But, it is a pain to manage multiple Google Forms. You want all versions and all retakes to be in the SAME Google...

Google Classroom Popsicle Sticks – Call on Students

by admin | Sep 28, 2020 | Advanced, Classroom, GC - Advanced, Google

If you use Google Classroom you can call on students randomly from within the Google Classroom App. Mobile App This works only on your phone or iPad (or using the Google Classroom android app on a Chromebook.) This currently does NOT work on the web version of Google...