Writing a test in Google Docs
Microsoft lost my loyalty a long time ago when they started making defaults that no one I know wants (Who wants blue lines in PowerPoint?!). I try to exclusively use…
Many to One
This school year I am trying to do my grading with a pivot table. I am using mail merge to send students individualized feedback and their grade. What I haven’t…
Super Sticky Post It Notes as labels
I think the only thing I like better than Super Sticky Post It Notes is lime green super sticky post it notes. One thing I like to use my super…
Command L
I don’t know about anyone else but I typically rock a lot of tabs… I like to multi-task. On my PC I use Control T to make a new tab,…
Assigning Problems with a QR code
If you want to assign each student a random question/prompt try this… Open a Google Doc http://docs.google.com Make the document public Make the document public on the web. Back in…
iPad Student Screencasting
So students have an iPad…. or maybe just the teacher has one. Now what? How about having students use the iPad and the free Showme app or the feature rich…
Google Forms Workaround
I saw someone post a question about how to upload a list of say, 100, names to a Google form for a drop down list. I am not aware of…
5 easy steps to pre-populating fields in a Google form
I am loving using a Google Form to have students turn in work. No more papers to tote around is amazing. However I require student to fill out information about…
Using Google Presentation to Create Multiple QR Codes
Here is an idea for using QR codes. You can hand out project ideas or anticipatory set randomly to students by giving them a QR code. Assign each student a…
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.
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