Visualize Adding Fractions
Students have long struggled with fractions. Continuing the traditional way of teaching fractions knowing that they have not worked is possibly the definition of insanity. Students need to visualize and…
The 4 C’s Are Engaging
While there is no magic bullet for student engagement there are things we can do in the classroom to improve the chance that students will be engaged. The 4 C's…
Is Math Teaching Critical Thinking?
Math class SHOULD be teaching students to critically think, find patterns, analyze, and manage data. Is Math Teaching Critical Thinking? Using traditional math textbooks is this happening? No.
Tax Simulation and EVERFI: How To File Taxes
Students need help learning how to pay their taxes. This FREE simulation in EVERFI is just the thing to make it easy to help your students be successful in the…
How Do You Highlight Cells of the Same Color
AliceKeeler Select the Cells is a Google Sheets Add-on designed to help teachers select cells with a background color more efficiently. With this add-on, teachers can single-click on any cell…
How Will Teaching Be Different Post AI?
The toothpaste is out of the tube and we can not put it back. The release of ChatGPT has shown us that traditional school assignments can be completed by robots.…
7 Characteristics of a Student Centered Classroom
Student centered learning is focusing on the needs and interests of the students. Student centered classrooms are harder than a traditional model. The advantage is helping students to truly have…
What Makes EdTech Engaging?
Technology by itself is not engaging. The interface and user experience must be designed for engagement. As schools and classrooms make decisions on what EdTech tools to consider, student engagement…
5 Hidden Features of Google Classroom
Google Classroom allows you to assign work and collect it from students. However, you can go further with your use of Classroom with these 5 hidden features of Google Classroom.…
Drawing Slides
What are Drawing Slides? How to get drawing into Google Slides.
Google Jamboard: Bring It UP
A key element of Google Jamboard is the ability to add sticky notes to share ideas. However, layers in Jamboard will hide content. Knowing how to alternate what order elements…
Engage Students with Google Jamboard
Get started using Google Jamboard to increase student engagement.
Teaching With Google Jamboard Course!
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3 Things You Can Do with Google Jamboard TODAY!
Melody McAllister shares about her bookchat with Alice Keeler and Kim Mattina and their book Teaching with Google Jamboard. She also shares three Jams you can do with your students…
Jamboard: Save Frame as Image
As Kim Mattina says, "Get on the Jamboard train." Google Jamboard is FREE. It is a Google tool. It saves to Google Drive. As is to be expected, it is…
Alice Keeler - Teacher
Alice Keeler has a degree in Mathematics from California State University Fresno. She started teaching high school math in 1999 in the laptop Algebra program. Alice has taught 1:1 her entire teaching career and is passionate about using technology to create student centered classrooms.
Paperless is not a pedagogy. We should not seek to use technology to save paper, but rather to improve learning, improve relationships, and improve student engagement.
The tool is not what creates the learning, but rather an intentional approach for how a tool can create feedback loops, allow choice and voice, allows for communication of ideas in a creative medium, and increase collaboration.