Shift – Tab
If the word “tab” is not rubbing off of your keyboard then you are probably not as efficient at filling out forms on webpages as you should be! When filling…
Twitter – Professional Development Tool
I have never been a fan of twitter. It seemed lame, I don’t need to know that someone is eating mac & cheese.. besides, I have facebook. However, at the…
Using clickers
I have a set of Promethean Expressions and what I love about using clickers is getting that instant data that students are or are not getting the lesson, and this…
Collaborating with Google Docs
I am a fan of collaboration, and I’m always trying to spread the google docs love, but today was just the ultimate for me. I run the neighborhood association and…
Google Voice in the classroom
What is Google Voice? In short it gives you a new phone number that you can attach multiple phone numbers to. So an individual can call your Google Voice number…
Google Docs – Text to Columns in a spreadsheet
If you are an avid excel user like me then you probably like the text to columns feature which will take one cell and split it into multiple cells based…
Making a Quick Flip Chart
In Word create your document in LANDSCAPE mode. Make the font size LARGE Use insert->page break often. Each page is a page on your flipchart, thus create a page break…
Sharing a Google Doc
One of the powerful tools about Google Doc’s is the ability to share. This enables collaboration and also to keep others in the loop on your project. To share directly…
Google Forms Notifications
When using google docs you can create forms to allow parents/students or colleagues to send you information. One thing you want to make sure you do is Go to docs.google.com…
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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