Paperless Is Not A Pedagogy
Infographic of Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts Link to infographic Turn On Keyboard Shortcuts Unlike the other Google Apps you need to enable keyboard shortcuts in Gmail. Click on the settings cog and choose “Settings.” Scroll down in the settings a bit to find the option to turn on keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard Shortcuts Send The trick is…
Teach Students to Create Gmail Signatures Guest Blog Post by Don Yerks On October 1, 2017, I received an email from a student asking me to check on an assignment. To my amazement, she had placed a “Signature” in the message area of the email. When I saw her in class the next day, I…
Don Yerks Shares his Email Lesson Plan Guest blog post by Don Yerks @ericcurts @tonyvincent @alicekeeler Oct. is #DigitalCitizenship Month. Been working on a Ss emailing project & wanted 2 share Ss Reminders pic.twitter.com/59EHCv7Wyf — Don Yerks, Jr. (@dyerksjr1) September 30, 2017 TY Tony I am using “Canned Responses” and a copy/paste subject. The pasted…
Workflow for Google Classroom Private Comments Private Comments in Google Classroom are in my opinion the one thing I can do that maximizes student learning and my time. I don’t want to waste my time leaving students comments they don’t read. If they are not going to read them, then I should spend ALL THAT…
As a high school teacher with 150+ students, it can be challenging to give personal attention to each student. I remember one time a parent calling me with a concern about her kid and I thought “he’s doing fine” but upon digging into the evidence the mom was right to call me with concern. I…
Parent Email Communication When I was a student, emailing parents did not exist. Best tips for emailing parents was not part of my teacher credential program. As a parent, I am super appreciative that my kids’ teachers can communicate better with me than putting a paper in a folder in my kid’s backpack. Email also allows…
Google Classroom Private Comments Makes Learning Better Private Comments in Google Classroom are hands down the best thing I’ve done as a teacher. I prioritize answering Private Comments quickly. This improves relationships with students, which improves learning. The problem is when you ask the students to leave you a Private Comment in Google Classroom your…
It’s rare for a school to have what I would describe as “Awesome Internet Speeds.” Even at my house where I have super fast internet it can lag to open a document or reply for Google Classroom. I love how I can click on a reply button in an email of Google Classroom to quickly…
Gmail: Set Up Canned Responses I won’t even ask, I know you find yourself sending the same thing over and over again in an email. Just by nature of teaching more than one student, the same issue comes up repeatedly. You need canned responses. Gmail Settings You need to set up canned responses, it is…
Google Classroom – Late Work Notifications Google Classroom once again released some new features yesterday! Now when students submit an assignment late you will receive a notification on your phone if you have them enabled. You will also receive an email that says “Submitted late.” Late Work Sometimes students turn things in after the due date,…
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 comments from my students. I do not want to miss an opportunity to respond to their comments. Creating a filter in Gmail can help ensure I respond to Student comments…
Essential Getting Started with Google Apps Google Apps for Education (GAfE) encompasses several products. Typically this starts with a branded Gmail account, specific to your school district. If email is turned off the account sign in appears to be an email address on the schools domain, but is used only for accessing other Google products….
Gmail Tips Gmail is great for so many reasons. Here are 5 Gmail tips you may want to try. 1. Change the subject line Gmail groups emails into “conversations.” It does this by looking at the subject line of the email. If two people send you an email with the same subject line, they are grouped…
One issue I hear concerning Google Classroom is the number of emails it can generate. In order to filter your email in Gmail, you need something consistent to filter for. Assignment Titles Create a class hashtag. Place this in the title of anything you post to the Stream in Google Classroom. You can put other tags…
Send Personal Emails to All Your Students If you have ever wanted to email an individualized note to each student, it can be tedious to compose an email per student. Use the template below to easily write a note to each student and send the note through email. Template alicekeeler.com/sendcomments Use the Add-ons menu to locate…
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