Paperless Is Not A Pedagogy
3 Things to Know in Google Forms In Google Classroom you want to be on the lookout for 3 dots and a tiny triangle. They are everywhere! These indicate that you have additional options, CLICK ON THEM! 1. Preferences In the upper-right hand corner of Google Forms are 3 dots. (3 dots means “More options.”)…
Understanding Borrowing For math, many of us know how to borrow, but how do we explain it in a way that demonstrates understanding? Sometimes what we do is so second nature that we can struggle with the “but why?” When our phones can easily do math calculations for us it is more important than…
Bitmoji is You I have a theory that Bitmoji makes learning better. We know relationship building and having a connection with students has a significant impact. Including Bitmoji or another avatar of ourselves in our digital documents puts that personal touch because IT IS YOU. A new feature in Android keyboards is the ability to…
Screenshot Student Work When reviewing student work, it can be helpful to have a visual of what you were looking at. Since you have the student work open, why not take a screenshot (or video) of it?! When leaving feedback students are then able to see exactly what you are seeing to match what you…
Reviewing Submissions After You Previously Reviewed I return return return in Google Classroom. My goal is to have my Done counts be zero. I scroll the Stream in Classroom looking for any “Done” number that is not zero and pounce on it. Fast feedback matters. I don’t wait for the due date to give feedback….
Assign Optional Challenge Work One of the awesome things about digital is how easy it is to provide optional challenges to students. I will post to Google Classroom with the topic of “Optional” or “Challenge.” Obviously, I do not expect all students to do it. Return For students who did not complete the challenge, you…
Thank you to Matt Miller (@jmattmiller) for creating this graphic. Use DriveSlides to Review Student Images One thing I ask students to do is to submit screenshots of things as their evidence of completion. When students submit an image to Google Classroom it is automatically saved into an assignment folder in Google Drive. Using the…
Record Your Face Into Google Slides When creating Google Slides for instructional purposes consider including a short video from your webcam explaining what is on the slide. Webcam Record Chrome Extension Click Here to Install the Webcam Record Chrome extension Install the Alice Keeler Webcam Record Chrome extension. This allows you to record 30 seconds…
Create in Google Drawing and Insert into Google Slides If you have created an infographic or other image in Google Drawing, you can insert it into your Google Slides presentation. I should note that the drawing engine in Google Drawing is the same as Google Slides so you may just want to make it in…
Waste Your Time with Invisible Feedback Feedback is one of the most effective elements for student learning. The best feedback is feedback that is specific, gives students something to respond to and is not only timely but while they are still working on the assignment rather than after the assignment. In a perfect world, I would…
Private Comments Count in Google Classroom Yesterday Google Classroom came out with a feature that allows students and teachers to see an individual view of student work. I’m all about asking “How does this make learning better.” There are a couple of features yesterday that Google released that do not make learning better…. sigh. Designing…
View Individual Student Work in Google Classroom I get asked this a lot “Alice, can you see all the work one student has done in Google Classroom?” YOU CAN NOW! UPDATE: In Fall of 2018 Google Classroom will roll out a new interface. The Students tab will no longer exist. Instead, teachers will use the…
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…
Explain Your Farkle Strategy See below for Google templates to have your students play Farkle. I like to play the dice game Farkle on my phone. It is a dice game where you roll 6 dice. You must score or you get a FARKLE and you get zero points for the round. Basic scoring is…
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