Let’s have some fun with Winter Magnetic Poetry with Google Slides!   Winter is coming! Well, at least for some of you. Things are still pretty warm here in Texas! This is the third installment of magnetic poetry templates that I have shared. The first one was Collaborative Magnetic Poetry with Google Drawings. The second […]

Let’s Talk About How to Create Powerful Student ePortfolios with Google Sites! Online student portfolios are a great way to showcase student work and show growth over time. Google Sites is the perfect tools for you and your students to create ePortfolios. Yes, folks, we are officially dropping the “e” from ePortfolios. Since digital is […]

What if I told you that you could create a class template inside Google Classroom? You can! I’m going to show you how to create a class template in Google Classroom that can be reused over and over again. In 2018, Google released several significant updates to Google Classroom. One particular update allows us to […]

The Shake Up Learning community is always chatting and sharing digital tools and lesson ideas for the K12 classroom. Recently, we discussed our favorite formative assessment tools for the classroom, and I wanted to share these here for you as a resource. In this post, you will find 20 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom! […]

Google Slides is my absolute FAVORITE G Suite tool! It is really the most versatile tool in the Google toolbox. So today, I’m giving you 12 Google Slides Resources That Will Make Your Day! Yes, I’m going to say it. Google Slides is like a Swiss Army Knife for your classroom. It is so much […]

It’s finally here! The Google Slides Online Course You Have Been Waiting For: The Google Slides Master Class for Teachers. I frequently refer to Google Slides as the Swiss Army Knife of the G Suite tools because it is capable of being so much more than a presentation tool. In this course, you will learn […]

The New Google Earth is a fantastic way to flatten the walls of your classroom and explore the world with your students. Did you know that Google Earth has been around for more than 17 years? That just seems crazy. The first time I saw it, it totally blew my mind. And I did what […]

Wondering how to organize Google Classroom? This post will give you the five most common organizational strategies for the Classwork page and topics. With all the new updates, many teachers are finding themselves in a bit of pickle trying to organize Google Classroom assignments in the new Classwork page. Deciding what topics to create and […]

YOU are invited to join the Shake Up Learning Fall Book Study! I am #superexcited to launch a fall book study of my book, Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning From Static to Dynamic. The Shake Up Learning book was designed for book studies! I couldn’t just write a paper book. I had to […]

Guess what? Season 3 of The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast returns next week! Look for the first episode on Monday, September 17, 2018. The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by me, Kasey Bell, and my buddy Matt Miller from DitchThatTextbook.com. In each episode, we share what’s going on with Google–The Google […]

5 Things to Know About the New Google Classroom Google released some pretty big updates to Google Classroom in 2018. Here are 5 Things to Know About the New Google Classroom. One of the things I love about Google Classroom is that it is one of the only products that Google designed for K-12 teachers and […]

You may have heard me refer to Google Slides as the Swiss Army Knife of G Suite. It seems there is always a new way to use it in the classroom and go BEYOND using tools as digital substitutes. In this guest post by Micah Shippee, you can learn How to Create Your Own “Apps” with […]

If you really want to transition your classroom from static teaching to Dynamic Learning, you have to rethink traditional assignments and the use of digital tools. In this post, I share 7 Ways to Rethink Digital Assignments. Dynamic Learning is all about going BEYOND traditional assignments and traditional learning, even BEYOND what was previously possible. […]

As you are adjusting to the new features inside Google Classroom that were released in August 2018, I thought it would be useful to put together a list of resources to help you do more, learn more, and engage more learners in your classroom Here are 35 Google Classroom Resources That Will Make Your Day! I […]

Who’s ready to Shake Up Learning? I am! That’s not just the name of this blog. It is my mission. When I decided to write a book, a knew I wanted it to be practical, but I also wanted to help push the boundaries of the traditional classroom. That’s why I developed The Dynamic Learning […]