IT IS BACK! Drive20 to Save Time Grading Student Work

by admin | May 2, 2021 | Apps - Intermediate, GC - Intermediate, Google, Tools by Alice

I like to say to only assign individual student documents 20% of the time or less. It is SO time consuming to open each students document, even if you use Google Classroom feedback tool. Drive20 Install Drive20 My free Chrome extension will allow you to open 20 Google...

Bullets and Numbering in Google Docs

by admin | Apr 25, 2021 | Apps - Intermediate, Docs, GC - Intermediate, Google, Intermediate

Take your bullet points and numbering to the next level in Google Docs. Use Tab When you click the bullet or numbering icon in Google Docs it will immediately start your list. Pressing Enter after typing your first item will create a second bullet or number. These...

Shut the Box Game – Google Slides

by admin | Dec 15, 2020 | Apps - Intermediate, Gamification, GC - Intermediate, Google, Slides

If you are looking for something fun for your students to do during class time try the Shut the Box game. Traditionally this game is played with 2 players, a pair of dice, and 9 tiles. To play this virtually, or digitally, try my Google Slides version. Template...

Google Slides for Breakout Rooms

by admin | Nov 16, 2020 | GC - Intermediate, Google, Slides

Use Google Slides in Breakout Rooms No matter if you use Zoom or Google Meet or another video product to do breakout rooms with students, consider having a Google Slides per group. First Slide Built into my First Slide Add-on I have created a way to manage Google...

Insert Button into Google Sites

by admin | Nov 9, 2020 | GC - Intermediate, Google, Intermediate, Sites

Google Sites websites allow you to add a button to the pages. Buttons are very helpful to bring attention to links you particularly want students to click on. Insert Menu While editing your Google Site, notice the “Insert” tab in the right side bar. Scroll...

Time’s Up for Breakout Room: Google Slides Hack

by admin | Nov 5, 2020 | Classroom, GC - Intermediate, Google, Meet, Slides

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 guide the activities. To let students know that the time is up I have coded a “Time’s Up” announcement to push to...