Use Collaborative Google Slides to Create Historical Tweets I love to share a good idea! Ashley Fort shared how she has students use a Google Slides deck to create a fake Twitter profile of famous people they have researched. The students then tweet as the famous person within the Google Slides. This is a 21st-century lesson that involves creativity, critical… Read More »Students Tweet as Historical Figures by @MrsAshleyBFort
Do It In Google Slides Rather than using a Google Doc can I encourage you to consider Google Slides instead? What can you do in a Google Doc that you can not do in Google Slides? I think Slides kicks it up a notch. If a student needs help on question #7 you need to scroll to question number 7… Read More »Google Slides to Link Help and Feedback
Collaborative Meme Template in Google Slides Who doesn’t love a meme? Memes can be creative critical thinking (of course, it depends on the effort the student puts into it); 2 of the 4 C’s. To write a really clever meme the student would have to understand the concept. Previously I blogged on how to create an educational meme in a Google… Read More »Google Slides: Collaborative Meme Template
One Space After the Period Two spaces are for typewriters. If we are not using typewriters then two spaces are outdated and obsolete. We are educators, should we be teaching kids outdated and obsolete practices just because we still do them? I’m 41, I owned a typewriter and learned to put 2 spaces after the period. I unlearned it. It… Read More »Control F: Replace the Extra Space
Manage Multiple Google Accounts If you are like me, you have more than one Google account. You may have your G Suite account from school plus your personal Gmail account. I was working with a teacher the other day and we were trying to create a TemplateTab. We were clearly in her school account but it kept making it in… Read More »Manage Multiple Google Accounts
Google Forms Validation to Require Email When you ask for an email address in Google Forms you want to make sure the person leaves a valid email address. Sometimes the responder will type other things into the answer box and you want to make sure they leave an actual email. Smart Interface Google Forms now uses artificial intelligence (AI) to… Read More »Google Forms: Require a Valid Email Address
Copy and Share a Google Form It can be a little tricky to share a Google Form without making your data vulnerable to who you want to share with. I have coded an Add-on for Google Forms that creates a copy of the Form you are using and asks who you want to share the copy with. Beta Tester alicekeeler.com/betatester… Read More »Share a Copy of a Google Form
Add an Image to Your Tweet How do you find new ideas; not just for using tech but that too? Twitter is full of innovative awesome educators who share! Create a Twitter account just for teaching and only follow educators who share, give free lesson plans, and free moral support. Follow @burgessdave @jmattmiller @shakeuplearning @ericcurts @jenroberts1 @lisahighfill @catlin_tucker @jcorippo @burgess_shelley @thomascmurray @marvelousmcc @shfarnsworth… Read More »Add an Image to Your Tweet
Search for Files in a Google Drive Folder As usual, G Suite is always getting better! Now you can search for files within a folder! I have wanted to do this so many times! Go to the Folder in Drive The easiest way to locate a file within a folder in Google Drive is to open the folder in Google… Read More »Yes Virginia, You Can Search for Files in a Google Drive Folder
Make Appointment Slots in Google Calendar I’m really digging the new layout for Google Calendar. It’s mostly just a new look not a loss of features. So good news, appointment slots are still there for G Suite for Education users. Appointment slots allow you to create available slots of people to sign up. In other words, instead of YOU manually… Read More »New Google Calendar: Appointment Slots
