
Create a slide presentation, putting each image on a separate slide automatically. Save images to a folder in Google Drive. DriveSlides was created by Alice Keeler and me in connection with the book Ditch That Homeworkthat we’re currently writing. DriveSlides - DriveSlides is a Google Chrome extension. Others are a bit more complicated but doable (see: Teacher Newsletter).ġ. With those, you just make a copy of her original form and follow the instructions to make those files dance, sing and do whatever you want them to do. (Kind of like an add-on in that you’re “adding on” a function to what you do within Google Classroom.)īut most are scripts/add-ons she wrote to run inside Google Sheets or other Google tools. Two of these are Google Chrome extensions - little programs you install in your Chrome web browser that will perform certain tasks. Seriously.Īlice has created dozens of pre-created templates, add-ons, scripts, extensions - you name it, she’s created them. After browsing her library of them, I knew I had to share some of them with you.
It’s like Google Sheets bows down on one knee to this woman and does her bidding. (OK, she’s probably the only one I know like that!) She writes scripts for teachers to use with their Google tools.
The basic functions of Google Drive and Google Classroom are only the starting point for the innovative and creative uses one can use in the classroom.Īlice Keeler, my co-author in our upcoming book Ditch That Homework, proves that again and again.Īlice is one of the only people I know personally who codes for fun.
Take it to the next level with some add-ons created just for teachers and students. Google Classroom’s basic features are powerful.