Incorporate Google Keep With Google Docs

My students love using G Suite applications on their Chromebooks and personal devices such as iPad or even full fledged PCs.  It's simply where they have come from and it's an environment that they are comfortable with.  There is a lot of "buzz" that states that students will need to be proficient with Microsoft Office so that they will have the skills needed when they enter the workforce.  How do we know that Google Apps won't be the de facto productivity suite in ten years?

Rather than fight it, I encourage my students to use the platform that they wish to work with.  One student remarked that they enjoy using Chrome and Google Docs add-ins to help make their documents better.  The features that Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets offer continue to improve as well.

One recent addition to Google Docs is the integration of Google Keep.  Keep is an interesting application as it is completely cross-platform.  This means that you can have it on your phone, tablet, and computer's web-browser.  If you add a note, the note can be synchronized across all of your devices.  What's better is that students can view their Google Keep notepad next to a Google Doc that they are working on.  It's simple to drag notes over and incorporate these in their documents.

This can also work for teachers looking to give feedback to their students' work in Google Docs.  Instead of using copy/paste between documents, teachers can have frequently used feedback "stems" available in Keep.  Simply drag over the appropriate "stem", add personalization, and you have a much faster way of writing feedback.

You can read more about the "how-tos" of Google Keep at their website posted HERE.