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Google Classroom: Pop Out Student Documents

by admin | Sep 21, 2018 | Advanced, Classroom, Docs, Google

View Student Documents in Google Apps One of the best new features of Google Classroom is the new feedback tool. When you click on students work from Google Classroom it opens in the new feedback shell. A side panel lets you leave Private Comments in Google Classroom,...

Create a Google Doc – Shift T

by admin | Sep 11, 2018 | Docs, Drive, Google, Intermediate, Keyboard Shortcuts

Create a Google Doc in Google Drive A shortcut for creating a Google Doc is to use Shift T in Google Drive. Google Drive Start with drive.google.com or use the apps switcher (3 dot grid waffle) to choose Drive. Compose Button Instead of using the Compose button to...

Teach Students How to Give Peer Feedback

by admin | Aug 26, 2018 | Advanced, Apps Script, Docs, Google, Sheets, templates

Teach Peer Feedback Peer feedback can be powerful for learning, but only if students do a good job at it. Analyze and critique can be higher critical thinking levels than doing the task in the first place. I guarantee if you ask students to give peer feedback the...

Google Docs: Press Enter a Whole Bunch of Times

by admin | Jun 8, 2018 | Beginner, Docs, Google

Press Enter in a Google Doc I am always collaborating, even if I am collaborating with myself. My habit when I start a Google text document is to press enter repeatedly. This provides me room to collaborate without fighting for the same cursor space. It’s muscle...

4 Tricks For When You Copy and Paste Off the Internet

by admin | May 24, 2018 | Docs, Google, Intermediate

4 Tricks for Copying and Pasting Off the Internet I know I know you’re thinking “Alice, it is not ethical to copy and paste off the Internet.” I am so glad you said that. You are correct, other people’s ideas and words are not yours for the...

5 E’s Lesson Plan Template for Math

by admin | May 5, 2018 | Docs, Google, Intermediate, Lesson Design

Try Out the 5 E’s Lesson Plan The 5 E’s lesson plan template is relatively new, did not exist when I was in my teacher prep program (or at least to my knowledge.) It was specifically designed for math and science but is a great outline for any subject...