Cool Stuff from OETC 2019 Part 1

Cool Stuff from OETC

Quick Feedback Using Google Keep with Docs and Slides

Created by Scott Aten, February 20, 2019

Last week I had the privilege of attending the Ohio Educational Technology Conference (OETC). I wanted share some of the really cool things I saw at the conference, so I am going to post a few of the highlights in the next few blog posts.

Google Keep is one of the seldom used Google tools, so when I saw this suggestion, I knew I wanted to share it with you. The idea here is that you can setup your feedback that you want to give students in Google Keep and then have quick access to them in Google Docs or Google Slides.

If you would like an easy and quick way to add feedback to student's work, setting them up in Google Keep could be a real time saver.  [Watch an Example]

Using Google Keep in this way will work in Docs as well as Slides.

NOTE - I have created several videos on how to create things with Google Keep.  These are a couple years old, but are great places to start in understanding how to use Keep.

• Google Keep Basics 
• Using Google Google Keep to Make Vocabulary Cards
• Create a reminder Note in Google Keep
• Using Google Keep to Create a List

It should also be noted that when grading papers in Google Classroom, there is a built in feature to
add comments from a created bank of comments.

Google Classroom has a built in "Comment Bank" that works a lot like what I have shown you with Google Keep, so if you are 100% using Google Classroom this might be an even better option. [See Demonstration]

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Green Local Schools

Tech Integration Team

Google Keep

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.

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;

1. 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. 
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.  

Do you have some ideas on how to use Google Keep with students?  Share your ideas here.

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.

• 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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