Google Keep can help you and your students with organization, note taking and reminders.
Maybe one of your New Year’s resolutions was to become better organized. Or better yet, wouldn’t it be great if
your students had made that resolution? Google Keep may just be the tool you and your students have been
looking for to help with that organization. Google Keep essentially helps replace the post-it note with the added
benefit of also being able to give you a reminder at a specific time.
What can Google Keep do?
Google Keep allows you to create a note, set a reminder to any day or time, add collaborators to the note, add images to the note, add a functional check list to the note, and create a category label for the note to help you find it later. This can all be done very easily from your computer or mobile device.
Google Keep allows you to create a note, set a reminder to any day or time, add collaborators to the note, add images to the note, add a functional check list to the note, and create a category label for the note to help you find it later. This can all be done very easily from your computer or mobile device.
How can I use this with my students?
There are a lot of practical uses for Google Keep with students. Here are a few ideas;
There are a lot of practical uses for Google Keep with students. Here are a few ideas;
- Students could make note cards of key vocabulary terms. With the Google Keep extension they can get definitions right off of websites that you recommend.
- Students can create a reminder to bring something to school. By creating a note with a reminder set to go off when they get home, students can be reminded to get a library book to bring to class the next day, get something for a project to be done at school, or even that you asked them to do problems 1-10 in math.
- Students can take notes in your class. The nice thing about taking notes in Google Keep is that the student can then color coordinate topics. For example all vocabulary is yellow, chapter main ideas are green, and Review questions are orange. Students can also add labels to help organize and find notes quickly. With notes typed in Google Keep the student could also use the search feature to locate key words or concepts written in their notes.
- Students could create a checklists. The checklist feature allows students to make a list of steps they should follow when completing an assignment. As the task is completed they simply click on that step and it is removed. This can be beneficial for students that have difficulty following multi-step directions.
Show me how this works!
If this all sounds too good to be true, here are a few short videos showing you how it works.
If this all sounds too good to be true, here are a few short videos showing you how it works.
- Finding Google Keep and adding a basic note
- Use the Google Keep extension to make vocabulary cards
- Create a reminder note
- Create a functional checklist
Well maybe this is one New Year’s resolution you can “Keep”.
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