EP32: Google Keep for the Win!

In this episode, Jonathan and Mindy are on their best behavior because they are joined by (their boss) Stacy Behmer (@sbehmer) to talk about Google Keep and all the ways in which it can be used to enhance teaching and learning in the classroom. New podcasts for kids are shared and so are the usual helping of tech nuggets. Here are some links to all that they talked about.

News & Updates

• Seesaw Activities Library

• Padlet Now Has Voting and Grading Tools

• Discovery Library on FlipGrid

• • The Educator’s Guide to Flipgrid by Sean Fahey and Karly Moura

• Windows adds a replacement for Movie Maker in Windows 10 Update

• G Suite EDU Updates:
  • Google Classroom: You can now import grades from Google Forms Quizzes directly into Google Classroom.

• • Google Forms: You can now copy and paste charts from Google Forms into your slides and emails.

• • Science Journal app comes to iOS: also on Android. Use the built-in sensors on your device to measure things like acceleration, brightness, decibels and more.

• • Google Slides: You can now drag and drop your notes from Google Keep directly into Slides. Check out more recent updates with Google Slides.

 

Main course served piping hot: Google Keep

 

• Link to Stacy’s Slides: http://tinyurl.com/keepstacy

• Vicki Davis- Researching Using Keep

• Eric Curts - Using Google Keep for Grading Comments in Docs

• Heather Calihan- A Day in My Life with Google Keep

 

Tech Nuggets!

• Follow Mindy on Snapchat. =) 🤳

• @madewithARKit ‏ 📱

• Checking out kids’ podcasts: 🎙
  • The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel 👀
  • WOW in the World 🌎

• Kiddom: Curriculum development, assessment, gradebook, and messaging all in one place 🎓

 

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Until next time...