Source: Doc Builder – Google Docs add-on Teachers have to create a lot of documents, such as lesson plans and lesson activities. To create a new lesson plan, the workflow usually consists of copying an older lesson plan and editing that. This works ok, but it is cumbersome when you want to take various bits…
This month, I saw an amazing idea posted on Twitter by one of my favorite edtech gurus, Eric Curts. His thoughts were to use Google Keep to provide students feedback within Google Docs. This idea inspired me to think how I could use Google Keep to make the process of adding standards to my lesson plans less cumbersome….
The Google Keep extension for Google Chrome provides one click saving for websites, links, and text. Once installed, the Google Keep Chrome Extension adds a Google Keep icon to your tool bar, . It’s dark when it hasn’t been used, but when you visit a web page that you have already saved, it turns yellow: . To use the extension, visit…
For a long time, I’ve been a list-maker and a note-taker. You should see my desk. It can get littered with them pretty easily. The worst is when I would take down some valuable details and then leave the paper sitting on my desk at school. I have literally driven to school late at night…
The app usually discussed with notetaking is Evernote, but Google has a contender with Google Keep. Each note takes on the form of a post-it looking note. Formatting is pretty limited, with a few font formatting options and the ability to include pictures. Instead of being only for text, a note can also be a…
Google has now added a new feature to its note taking app Google Keep. Your notes will now automatically be categorized, such as books, food, quotes, etc. and will let you search by these automatic topics. Once I created a couple of notes with quotes in them I did a search for quote Google Keep, which…
In my never ending quest to maximize the amount of work that needs to get done I’m constantly evaluating ways of managing my task lists. I’m currently settling into two systems, depending on the tasks that need to be completed. Google Keep Google Keep is Google’s limited answer to Evernote. While it doesn’t have near…